Man, son ‘mastermind’ Bescom job racket

K P Somashekar, an assistant executive engineer at Bescom, was busy with his official duties at the Vidhana Soudha on May 22 — the first day of the 16th Legislative Assembly — when his phone rang.

The caller was Basanna, Superintending Engineer (Vigilance), from the power utility’s Crescent Road office. Somashekar was asked to come to the office immediately.

What Somashekar discovered after reaching the office stunned him. He was shown an appointment letter issued to one Vaibhav Venkatesh Kulkarni on the Bescom letterhead.