Reacting to the raids conducted by the anti-corruption wing of Lokayukta on BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa's son Prashant Maadal, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai on Friday said Lokayukta is independent, let free and fair investigation happen.
BJP MLA Virupakshappa submitted his resignation to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraja Bommai.
In his letter, Virupakshappa claimed that there was some conspiracy against his family.
The anti-corruption wing of Lokayukta nabbed sitting Karnataka BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa's son while he was receiving a Rs 40 lakh bribe on Thursday.
The accused clerk has been identified as Shubham Gupta. He was demanding the bribe of Rs 5000 from a woman contractual employee posted in MPEB (Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board) in lieu of withdrawing her maternity leave money.
The court of Special Judge (Lokayukta) Sanjay Kumar Gupta convicted the nine persons under IPC sections 471 (Using as genuine a forged document or electronic record), 466 (Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc), 218 (Public servant framing incorrect record or writing with int
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MP Kirit Somaiya on Saturday exculpated the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) of any "irregularity" or "non-transparency" in a complaint filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya.
The Lokayaukta Police of Madhya Pradesh police have registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against former Director General (DG) of Jails, Sanjay Chaudhary and his mother-in-law, in the disproportionate assets case.
Cabinet Minister Deepak Kesarkar introduced this bill which has a provision to bring the Chief Minister and the cabinet under the purview of the anti-corruption ombudsman.
Kerala High Court on Thursday while hearing a plea demanding a probe against the Kerala Lokayukta over allegation of corruption in the purchase of equipment including PPE kits during the Covid-19 pandemic by the state government in 2020 observed that disasters should not be a cover for corru