Overview
- Lokayukta officers laid a trap at the Raibag tahsildar office in Belagavi district and detained two suspects as they accepted cash from a farmer.
- Officials identified the government employee as Second Division Assistant Chandrappa Moratagi and the middleman as Nagendra Marsarkar, 61.
- Complainant Shivanand Mahalingappa Dundagi reported a demand for money to remove a 15-year restriction on a land transfer.
- The land was granted in 1974 to the complainant’s grandfather, and removing the condition would allow a sale.
- Lokayukta SP T. Mallesh ordered the operation, which was led on the ground by Circle Inspector Niranjan Patil, and investigators say inquiries continue.