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Mangalore:The Lokayukta sleuths have trapped the Panambur Village Assistant Umesh Kavadi while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 9000 from a local resident.
It is learnt, the Village Assistant who had initially demanded Rs 10,000 from Purushottam, a resident of Meenakaliya,in order to provide the RTC of his house, had later agreed for Rs 9000.
Fed up with the demand for bribe, Kavadi had lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta which trapped the Village Assistant while he was accepting the bribe at his office at Baikampady on November 8, Friday.
Luxurious life of VA : It has been learnt that the Village Assistant Umesh who hailed from Koodlige had joined work just three years ago. He was leading a life of luxury and was residing in a rented house by paying around R s 8000 and even owned a Swift car.
Lokayukta DySP Vittaldas Pai, Umesh, Vijayaprasad, Inspectors Dilip and other personnel were part of the operation.