Industries Department General Manager G Srinivas was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials while he was taking a bribe of Rs. 15,000 from a vehicle owner on Thursday.
An official from the Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP), a state government undertaking, was arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a man in Thane district.
A class I officer with the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO), a planning agency of the Maharashtra government, was arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe.
The Lokayukta sleuths had gone to MLA Madal Virupakshappa's residence in Channagiri to arrest him. However, he tried to escape to Bengaluru and the sleuths took him into custody midway, said sources