Mysuru, Oct. 10 -- Was caught red-handed while accepting bribe to send file to senior officer

The Lokayukta Police have trapped a KSRTC officer while accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000 to send a file pertaining to a job application on compassionate grounds to his senior officers.

The trapped bribe-seeking officer is Manjunath, who is serving as the Assistant Administrative Officer (AAO) at the KSRTC Rural Division Office at Bannimantap.

It is said that complainant Santhosh Kumar, son of late Siddegowda of Channapillekoppal in Malavalli Taluk of Mandya District, had submitted an application for a job on compassionate grounds to AAO Manjunath, following the untimely death of his father.

But the AAO had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs. 10,...