The Lokayukta police have arrested a BWSSB water inspector for graft. The accused is Krishnamurthy, water inspector at BWSSB office in BTM Layout.
The complainant Arshad Ahmed, a resident of BTM Layout, had approached Krishnamurthy for a fresh water meter connection to his newly built house. Krishnamurthy demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 for procedures involved in allotting a new connection.
The Lokayukta police registered the FIR and laid a trap. Krishnamurthy was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs 5,000 at his office in BTM Layout on Wednesday evening. The Lokayukta court remanded the accused to judicial custody.
Published 25 March 2015, 19:14 IST