MYSURU: Manjunath, a surveyor and technical assistant, attached to deputy director of land record court, deputy commissioner’s office, was caught red-handed while receiving a bribe from a complainant on Saturday.
Anti-Corruption Bureau superintendent of police VJ Sajeeth said Manjunath had allegedly demanded money from a Periyapatna resident, the complainant, to change land records.
The official had demanded Rs 35,000 from him following which he lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Bureau on July 29.
The official was trapped near a Central government office on Bannur Road on Saturday.
