<p>Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Tax department, Udupi, H Nagaraj was arrested while accepting furniture worth Rs 45,000 as bribe from the owner of a furniture shop after threatening him that he would file a false complaint that he was not filing his returns regularly, Lokayukta sources told PTI.<br /><br />A case of possessing assets disproportionate to his sources of income, registered in 2006 when he was serving in Tumkur district, is already pending against Nagaraj, they said.<br />Excise Inspector Ramesh was nabbed in Ramanagaram here for accepting bribe of Rs 62,900 from variouos wine shops in the area.<br /><br />Sub-Treasury officer in Puttur (near Udupi), Venkatraman was arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 for issuing a cheque toward gratuity amount of Rs 2.20 lakh to the son of a deceased person.</p>
<p>Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Tax department, Udupi, H Nagaraj was arrested while accepting furniture worth Rs 45,000 as bribe from the owner of a furniture shop after threatening him that he would file a false complaint that he was not filing his returns regularly, Lokayukta sources told PTI.<br /><br />A case of possessing assets disproportionate to his sources of income, registered in 2006 when he was serving in Tumkur district, is already pending against Nagaraj, they said.<br />Excise Inspector Ramesh was nabbed in Ramanagaram here for accepting bribe of Rs 62,900 from variouos wine shops in the area.<br /><br />Sub-Treasury officer in Puttur (near Udupi), Venkatraman was arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 for issuing a cheque toward gratuity amount of Rs 2.20 lakh to the son of a deceased person.</p>