BBMP joint commissioner arrested over graft charges
Hindustan TimesThe Lokayukta police arrested a Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike joint commissioner along with a first division assistant over bribery charges, an official in the know of the development said on Tuesday. The arrested officer, SM Srinivas, is the joint commissioner of BBMP west division, said police, adding the second accused was identified as Umesh. A division bench comprising justice B Veerappa and justice K S Hemalekha of Karnataka high court had said that all pending cases before the ACB will now get transferred to the Lokayukta Police division. However, all other proceedings held by ACB till today are hereby saved and the police wing of Karnataka Lokayukta shall proceed from the stage at which they are pending as on today, in accordance with law,” the high court said.