Karnataka: Lokayukta police arrest DIC joint director, assistant in bribery caseThe entrepreneur had paid an advance of Rs 10,000 and made a complaint to the Lokayukta. 
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Tumakuru: The joint director of the District Industries Centre (DIC), and an assistant were arrested by the Lokayukta police while they were receiving bribe money here on Thursday.
The police said that the joint director D K Lingaraju and his assistant N S Prasad had demanded a bribe of Rs 1.25 lakh from a small-scale industrialist for releasing the subsidy amount of Rs 18.75 lakh given by the state government.
The entrepreneur had paid an advance of Rs 10,000 and made a complaint to the Lokayukta.