MySuru: Meghala L, Deputy Director, District Industry Center, Mysuru, was arrested on charges of demanding and accepting bribes on Tuesday DK Lingarnaju allegedly caught in red hand to accept bribes in his office on Monday.
The complainant claimed that the Joint Director and Deputy Director both demanded and took the ‘first installment’ of Rs 25,000 from him on January 28.
During ACB surgery, the Joint Director received money.
“There is evidence to prove his involvement in demanding money,” he said.
The official was allegedly demanding a 1.5 lakh rs bribe to release the number of subsidies of Rs 25 Lakh, DYSP stated.