Bengaluru Inspector Caught Red-Handed Taking ₹4 Lakh Bribe; Lokayukta Busts More Corruption

• Karnataka Lokayukta police arrested Inspector Govindaraju of KP Agrahara police station for accepting a ₹4 lakh bribe.
• Govindaraju allegedly demanded money from a complainant, threatening false implication in a chit fund cheating case.
• In a separate case, former Excise Deputy Commissioner S. Srinivasa Murthy was sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined ₹1.34 crore in a disproportionate assets case.
• Lokayukta police conducted searches at five locations linked to Assistant Commissioner Tejas Kumar N., revealing assets worth ₹26.55 crore.
• Investigations are ongoing in all cases to uncover further involvement and trace asset sources.

Why It Matters: Lokayukta police in Bengaluru are actively cracking down on corruption within government departments.