A former excise officer was sentenced to two-year rigorous imprisonment on Saturday after a Special Vigilance Court found him guilty of amassing disproportionate assets by corruptive practices.
Accused Alka Sharma has been caught red-handed while she was accepting the bribe of Rs 30,000 and has been sent to jail on a 14-day judicial remand by the local court.
The searches on 30 locations are part of a probe into alleged corruption in awarding civil works for the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project (HEP) in 2019.
Vigilance Minister Atishi has claimed he illegally benefited his son in procuring a tender from the city government
An arrest warrant was served to TDP Chief in connection to an alleged corruption case in the early hours of Saturday.
On a request by the Additional Solicitor General S V Raju, who appeared for the CBI for an expeditious hearing of the matter by the high court, the bench in its order said, “Petitioner (CBI) would be at liberty to request HC for expeditious disposal which shall be considered by it on its merits”
Sent to jail for amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of 506 per cent of his known sources of income.
The Karnataka Lokayukta has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Karnataka High Court's order granting an interim anticipatory bail to Madal Virupakshappa in a bribery case.
Anti-corruption branch of Lokayukta had arrested BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa's son Prashanth Madal for bribery of Rs 40 lakh.
The Court direction came while taking cognizance of the charge sheet filed against CBI's Sub Inspector Abhishek Tiwari and lawyer Anand Daga.
