Bengaluru/Mysuru, Feb. 21 -- * CCB cops detain RTI activist Krishna in Bengaluru Court premises yesterday

* Pen drive, hard disc seized from Mysuru house; Krishna released today

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) Police of Bengaluru, who detained Mysuru-based Right To Information (RTI) activist Snehamayi Krishna at the premises of City Civil Court yesterday, subjected him to intense grilling.

He was released by Police this afternoon.

Krishna had recently dropped a bombshell, accusing State Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh of receiving a bribe of Rs. 1.6 crore to grant KAS Selection Grade promotion to Dr. D.B. Natesh, former Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

However, Shalini Rajneesh dismissed the charges and clar...