MySuru: Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday said they trapped two top officers, including the Director of the Mysuru District Industry Center (DIC), when they were suspected of receiving bribes in Mysore.
ACB Deputy Division Mysuru SP M Dharmendra said that following the complaint that officials had demanded money for official work, ACB Sleuth put a trap and captured the trio.
Director of Joint Dik DK Lingaraju allegedly demanded Rs 1.5 lakh from the complainant to release the subsidy of Rs 25 Lakh.
Complaints have taken RS 2-Crore loans from Karnataka State Finance Corporation to regulate and move small-scale industries in 2019.
The complainants have received RS 25 Lakh subsidies and to get it, officers have been looking for and allegedly taking the hospital.
25,000 on January 28.
They were stuck when they took Rs 1.25 lakh on Monday, police said.
In another case, an excise inspector owned by Range-4 was trapped after he was suspected of taking Rs 50,000 from the complainant.
Dharmendra said Excise Inspector AR Yashavanth has demanded RS 1 Lakh bribe from the CL-2 license holder who runs the store in Mellahalli in Mysore Taluk.
The official cooking a story that other people looked for permission to open a wine store in the village and to reject the application, the officers demanded bribery from the complainant license holder, Dharmendra said.
Initially, the officer demanded Rs 1 Lakh.
Immediately after, the license recipient filed a complaint on Monday and the trap was placed in the wedding room in MySore City, he said.
Investigation in both cases is ongoing, said Dharmendra.