Mangalore, May 8: Lokayukta sleuths conducted a raid at APMC and arrested three APMC officials for harassing APMC traders for bribe on May 8, Thursday.
The arrested officials are Satish Kumar, Joint Director, Jagadaishaiah and Venkatesh, hailing from Bangalore, who works for APMC Enforcement Directorate. The Lokayutka officials also seized the cash of Rs 1.52 lakh from the arrested three officials.
The Lokayukta have arrested Satish Kumar in Puttur and seized Rs one lakh from him, while other two officials Jagadishaiah and Venkateshaiah from Mangalore and seized Rs 26000 from each.
Lokayukta staff Vijaya Prasada, Dilip Kumar and Naveen participated in the raid operation led by Lokayukta DySP Umesh Shet.
