Udupi, March 26, 2025: The Lokayukta police have on Wednesday arrested Assistant Public Prosecutor Ganapathi Vasanth Naik of the Udupi court on the charges of accepting bribe.
It is learnt, Naik had placed a demand for a bribe of Rs 3,000 for filing an objection relating to release of a sand transportation vehicle. The complainant who refused to pay the bribe, had complained to the Udupi Lokayukta who swung into action and arrested Naik while he was accepting Rs 2,000 at his office.
The raid was conducted by Udupi Lokayukta in-charge DySP Manjunath, Inspector Rajendra Nayak, ASI Nagesh and other staff under the guidance of Lokayukta Mangaluru in-charge SP Kumarachandra.