Bengaluru: Lokayukta police arrest public prosecutor for taking Rs 5,000 bribe

Lokayukta police set a trap and caught the accused red-handed when she accepted the bribe.

Bengaluru: Lokayukta police on Monday arrested a public prosecutor for allegedly taking a Rs 5,000 bribe.

The accused is identified as Savitha Naveen Patil, 55, a public prosecutor at the City Civil and Sessions Court (CCH-54), Bengaluru.

According to officials, Savitha had demanded Rs 5,000 from the complainant, a resident of Banashankari, to submit objections in a case registered at the CK Achu Kattu police station in Bengaluru.

Following a complaint, Lokayukta police set a trap and caught Savitha red-handed when she accepted Rs 5,000 in bribe.

She has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Further probe is ongoing.