Three of the Lokayukta trap, including the deputy director of the Mangalore Mines Department

Mangalore: A mine department official and two staff members who demanded a bribe of 50 thousand bribes to remove the stone in the space for the construction of the house have fallen into the Lokayukta trap. Krishnaveni, deputy director of Mangalore Mines Department, and staff Pradeep and Madhu, have been arrested.

The complainant had applied to the Department of Mines and Geology in Mangalore on August 28, 2024, to allow the building of a house to be built for the purpose of constructing a house on 0.35 acres of 1.39 acres of land in Survey Nambra 279/5 of Ulawala Taluk Ira village. Tahsildar of Ulala Taluk On May 21, 2025, he said that the certificate of removal of the available building on the farm was issued for flat. However, the mining department officers were not allowed.

To inquire about the application, the petitioners have gone to the Mangalore Mines Department office to call the deputy director Krishnaveni, Pradeep, who paid Rs 50,000 to the file. Take, then demand bribes that are signed. A case has been registered against Krishnaveni and staff of Mangalore Lokayukta police station at the Mangalore Lokayukta police station.

Krishnaveni, deputy director of the Mangalore Mines Department today, said that Rs. The Lokayukta police have fallen into the trap while accepting bribes. The officer and the staff are being detained and are being investigated.

Under the guidance of Kumarachandra, Superintendent of Police of Mangalore Division, Dr. Gana P Kumar, Superintendent of Police of Mangalore Lokayukta Police Station Dr Gana P Kumar, Police Inspector Bharathi G., Chandrasekhar KN, Udupi Lokayukta Police Station

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