<div>Raghavendra Tahasildar, son of Excise Minister Manohar Tahasildar, who is in the middle of a controversy has said that he had indeed helped the Forest official be transferred from Belagavi to Sankeshwar. <br /><br />He, however, denied that he had taken any money from the official for effecting the transfer. When contacted by Deccan Herald on Wednesday, Raghavendra, who is in Bengaluru, said that he had at no point sought money from the Forest official who had sought his help for transfer.<br /><br />“I have no role to play in this. It is true that I met the official Lakshmikanth Morappanavar and his wife 20 months ago in Bengaluru. They were introduced to me by my acquaintance Anand Rathod. Morappanavar, who is posted as a DRFO at Belagavi, requested a transfer to Sankeshwar citing health reasons. I helped them out on humanitarian grounds. At that time, my father was an MLA and I got a letter from him to effect this transfer. But at no point did I ask or receive any money from them,” he added.<br /><br />He said that neither Rathod nor the Morappanavar were in touch with him after that. Raghavendra said that four days ago, Jayashree, Morappanavar’s wife called him saying that the transfer had not been effected, despite paying money to Rathod. <br /><br />“I told her that I knew nothing about it. She also told me that Rathod had been absconding. After that she has gone to the media and made this allegation against me,” he said.<br /><br />Raghavendra, who is a ZP member from Hirur constituency in Hangal taluk of Haveri district, said that he too tried to trace Rathod, but to no avail.<br /><br />Recently, Jayashree had accused that Raghavendra had taken a bribe amount of Rs 2.5 lakh through a middleman to effect the transfer. <br /></div>
<div>Raghavendra Tahasildar, son of Excise Minister Manohar Tahasildar, who is in the middle of a controversy has said that he had indeed helped the Forest official be transferred from Belagavi to Sankeshwar. <br /><br />He, however, denied that he had taken any money from the official for effecting the transfer. When contacted by Deccan Herald on Wednesday, Raghavendra, who is in Bengaluru, said that he had at no point sought money from the Forest official who had sought his help for transfer.<br /><br />“I have no role to play in this. It is true that I met the official Lakshmikanth Morappanavar and his wife 20 months ago in Bengaluru. They were introduced to me by my acquaintance Anand Rathod. Morappanavar, who is posted as a DRFO at Belagavi, requested a transfer to Sankeshwar citing health reasons. I helped them out on humanitarian grounds. At that time, my father was an MLA and I got a letter from him to effect this transfer. But at no point did I ask or receive any money from them,” he added.<br /><br />He said that neither Rathod nor the Morappanavar were in touch with him after that. Raghavendra said that four days ago, Jayashree, Morappanavar’s wife called him saying that the transfer had not been effected, despite paying money to Rathod. <br /><br />“I told her that I knew nothing about it. She also told me that Rathod had been absconding. After that she has gone to the media and made this allegation against me,” he said.<br /><br />Raghavendra, who is a ZP member from Hirur constituency in Hangal taluk of Haveri district, said that he too tried to trace Rathod, but to no avail.<br /><br />Recently, Jayashree had accused that Raghavendra had taken a bribe amount of Rs 2.5 lakh through a middleman to effect the transfer. <br /></div>
