Synopsis: Lokayukta arrested KUWS&DB Executive Engineer Ashok Shiroor in Belagavi for accepting a ₹1 lakh bribe from a farmer to release ₹18 lakh land compensation for a Raibag drinking water project. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered.

The Lokayukta officers set a trap and caught senior engineer working with the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) accepting a ₹ 1 lakh bribe, reported The Hindu .

Farmer Yasin Pendhari from Khemlapur village, Belagavi district, complained to the Lokayukta that Executive Engineer Ashok Shiroor demanded ₹ 1 lakh to release ₹ 18 lakh in land acquisition compensation.

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Pendhari’s land had been acquired b

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