In a first, the special Lokayukta court sent a Bangalore corporator to four years’ rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case.
Lokayukta police had trapped Ganesh Mandir corporator L Govindaraju accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a builder at his house in Banashankari III Stage on July 17, 2010.
Sources said a Lokayukta police team headed by DSP HS Manjunath took Govindaraju into custody and sent him to Parappana Agrahara Central Jail soon after the verdict came around 4.30pm on Wednesday.
Judge N K Sudhindra Rao also ordered the corporator to pay a fine of Rs 50,000 or undergo six months’ rigorous imprisonment in case of default for the offence under Section 13(1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1968. The judge also sentenced him to two years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 40,000.
Builder J Udaya Kumar had complained that he was constructing an apartment and the corporator had demanded Rs 8 lakh to let him complete the construction. Kumar said he had already paid an advance of Rs 2 lakh and the corporator was demanding Rs 2 lakh more.
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