Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Madal Virupakshappa has been arrested by the Lokayukta police near Kythasandra toll in Tumakuru, in a bribery case, after his bail application was rejected by the Karnataka High Court on Monday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested a Joint Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in Gujarat's Rajkot district in a bribery case.
Officials of the Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have arrested four persons, including a Sub-Inspector of the Cooperation Department and two officers of Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation, in separate cases of bribery, officials said on Thursday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested an Inspector of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh.
Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Sunday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the arrest of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa's son in a bribery case, asking if he has a "share" in the "corrupt money".
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Madal Virupakshappa whose son was arrested while he was taking a bribe of Rs 40 lakhs on March 3, appeared before Lokayukta in Bengaluru.
Shortly after Karnataka High Court granted interim bail to BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa, after unaccounted cash were seized from his son's properties, he said that the cash found in the house during the Lokayukta raid was earned money and is ready to provide necessary document for the same.
Kumaraswamy said "A warm welcome to Amit Shah who flew back to the state today. A bundle of stories of your MLA Maadalu Virupakshappa's son is the biggest proof that your double engine government is charging 40 per cent commission."
Businessman Sukesh Chandrashekhar has challenged the order framing charges against him in a money laundering case related to the Election Commission bribery case of 2017.