Bengaluru: A farmer from the Chikkaballapur district filed a complaint with police highlands accused that a man who worked as an official for officials of the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Agency (Kiadb), Calace Road, attacked him.
Nataraj M alleged that Satish R from Chintamani targeted him to get a special land acquisition officer who was trapped when he received a bribe of Rs 2 Lakh from him recently.
According to FIR, Satish worked as a tout for special land acquisition officers Tejas Kumar.
However, Satish filed a complaint back, accusing Nataraj has attacked him.
Satish said he was a farmer and had lent money to Nataraj, who attacked him when he asked him.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Sleuths said they arrested Tejas Kumar, special land procurement officers, Kiadb, when he received Rs 2 Lakh from Nataraj in the last week of September.
Nataraj said he approached ACB after Tejas demanded more money to move files relating to the acquisition of land.
“My land was acquired by the Kiadb and I approached Tejas Kumar for compensation works.
I have paid Tejas Rs 10.5 lakh and decided to approach ACB when Kumar demanded more Rs 4 Lakh,” Nataraj told Toi.
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