<p>A junior engineer with Bescom was allegedly caught on Tuesday taking a bribe of Rs 25,000. </p>.<p>Maheshwarappa, posted in the power utility agency's N9 subdivision at Soladevanahalli, is accused of taking the bribe from an electrical contractor from Sunkadakatte who had applied for a temporary residential connection for a half-constructed house in Chikkabanavara. The contractor was doing electrical work in the building. </p>.<p>Maheshwarappa asked him to pay Rs 25,000, including government charges, for the temporary connection. The contractor bargained it down to Rs 20,000 but instead of paying, went to the Anti-Corruption Bureau. </p>.<p>On the ACB's instructions, he paid Maheswarappa Rs 20,000 in his office in Chikkabanavara. That's when the anti-corruption agency's officials caught the engineer red-handed. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>A junior engineer with Bescom was allegedly caught on Tuesday taking a bribe of Rs 25,000. </p>.<p>Maheshwarappa, posted in the power utility agency's N9 subdivision at Soladevanahalli, is accused of taking the bribe from an electrical contractor from Sunkadakatte who had applied for a temporary residential connection for a half-constructed house in Chikkabanavara. The contractor was doing electrical work in the building. </p>.<p>Maheshwarappa asked him to pay Rs 25,000, including government charges, for the temporary connection. The contractor bargained it down to Rs 20,000 but instead of paying, went to the Anti-Corruption Bureau. </p>.<p>On the ACB's instructions, he paid Maheswarappa Rs 20,000 in his office in Chikkabanavara. That's when the anti-corruption agency's officials caught the engineer red-handed. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
