Lokayukta traps Bescom engineer taking Rs 20,000 bribe

Lokayukta police on Wednesday arrested a Bescom assistant engineer as she was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a private individual to remove an electrical pole from the premises of a house.

The accused engineer, identified as Vidya, is attached to Kasturi Nagar, O&M, sub-division Benniganahalli E-10. The Lokayukta police team under the supervision of Ashok B V, superintendent of police and Umadevi R, deputy superintendent of police, Bengaluru, arrested Vidya under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Aravind, an electrical contractor, had approached Bescom with an application to remove an electrical police from the premises of a house.