The Lokayukta police on Monday trapped an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) of Bescom vigilance section of Ramanagara, while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.
The AEE, Ramesh, had demanded a bribe from N R Srinivas, a resident of Kothanur main road. Srinivas, an electrical worker and the owner of a farmhouse had obtained a 15-watt temporary electrical connection to the farmhouse. Ramesh visited the farm, inspected the connection and observed that the electric supply was more than 15 watts and gave a memo directing Srinivas to pay penalty towards back billing charges of Rs 1.5 lakh. Ramesh later demanded Rs 20,000 to bring down the amount of penalty levied.
Inspectors S T Wodeyar, S T Yogesh and B Y Renuka Prasad laid a trap and arrested Ramesh while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from Srinivas near South City Hospital at JP Nagar 7th Phase. Ramesh has been remanded in judicial custody and the matter is under investigation.
Published 27 August 2012, 18:38 IST