<p class="bodytext">ACB sleuths have arrested Panchayat Raj Engineering Mangaluru division office Technical Assistant and Junior Engineer for accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 for approving a tender to construct a building of Government PU College at Kalasa in Mudigere taluk.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The arrested are technical assistant Sooryanarayana Bhat and junior engineer Sudin. The duo were working in the office of Panchayat Raj Engineering Department Superintending Engineer.<br />The duo were arrested while accepting bribe from contractor Adam, a resident of Bapunagara in Mudigere.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tender was invited for the construction of PU College building at Kalasa. Adam who had applied was selected in the bid. A few days ago, Sudin called Adam and informed that Superintending Engineer is asking for 1% of the bid price to approve the tender. Accordingly, he placed a demand for Rs 50,000. Later, the amount was brought down Rs 25,000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Adam had submitted a complaint to the ACB sleuths. The ACB sleuths arrested the duo while accepting the bribe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ACB sleuths have recovered additional amount of Rs 26,000 from the bag of Sooryanarayana Bhat. All the files related to the tender have been seized.</p>
<p class="bodytext">ACB sleuths have arrested Panchayat Raj Engineering Mangaluru division office Technical Assistant and Junior Engineer for accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 for approving a tender to construct a building of Government PU College at Kalasa in Mudigere taluk.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The arrested are technical assistant Sooryanarayana Bhat and junior engineer Sudin. The duo were working in the office of Panchayat Raj Engineering Department Superintending Engineer.<br />The duo were arrested while accepting bribe from contractor Adam, a resident of Bapunagara in Mudigere.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tender was invited for the construction of PU College building at Kalasa. Adam who had applied was selected in the bid. A few days ago, Sudin called Adam and informed that Superintending Engineer is asking for 1% of the bid price to approve the tender. Accordingly, he placed a demand for Rs 50,000. Later, the amount was brought down Rs 25,000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Adam had submitted a complaint to the ACB sleuths. The ACB sleuths arrested the duo while accepting the bribe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ACB sleuths have recovered additional amount of Rs 26,000 from the bag of Sooryanarayana Bhat. All the files related to the tender have been seized.</p>