PDO Gurulinga Sharanapppa Hadapada had allegedly demanded bribe from a contractor, Shivanna Sayanna Biraadar of Hanchinala village.
Biraadaar had completed a road work under the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in 2009-10 and had submitted a bill for Rs 1.08 lakh for approval. When Hadapada demanded 10 per cent of the sum for clearing the bill, Biraadaar approached the Lokayukta police.
DySP V Madivalar said the PDO was arrested at his house in Kalyan Nagar in Sindhagi when he was receiving the bribe through his relative, Ummanna Mallappa Navi, a resident of Chikkasindhagi.
Published 19 October 2011, 19:29 IST