Overview
- Lokayukta sleuths arrested Revenue Inspector Karan Singh Lodhi after catching him accepting Rs 80,000 in cash in a sting tied to a land demarcation demand.
- The Jabalpur unit also nabbed patwari Ghanshyam Garhwal after he was seen taking Rs 5,000 to process a land mutation, following a complainant‑led verification that reduced the demanded sum.
- Cases have been registered against both officials under Sections 7, 13(1)(b) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and Lokayukta investigators are carrying out further probes.
- Officials say the operations were run by the Jabalpur Lokayukta unit under directives of DG Yogesh Deshmukh and DIG Manoj Singh, with trap teams led by Inspectors Jitendra Yadav and Rahul Gajbhiye.
- Land mutation and demarcation work at tehsil and village levels is a frequent point for petty bribery, and these arrests signal intensified complaint‑verification stings that could lead to prosecution and deter future demands for payments.