Senior judge held for demanding bribe; Rs 94 lakh seized

September 30, 2016

New Delhi, Sep 30: A senior female civil judge, her husband and a lawyer were arrested here on Thursday on charges of demanding a bribe of Rs 22 lakh from a person to settle a complaint in his favour.

judge Searches conducted at the residence of the judge, Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal, led to the recovery of Rs 94 lakh in cash, two locker keys and several documents.

Rachna, the senior civil judge (West) of Tis Hazari courts in Delhi, had appointed lawyer Vikas Mehal as the local commissioner for conducting an inspection of a disputed property and submitting a report.

The lawyer is claimed to have demanded a bribe of Rs two lakh for himself and Rs 20 lakh for the judge for deciding the matter in the favour of complainant, CBI sources said. As an initial payment, Rs five lakh was to be paid by the complainant.

After the complainant approached the CBI, the investigators laid a trap. The lawyer was caught red-handed while reportedly accepting Rs five lakh as bribe on behalf of the judge.

“The advocate disclosed that the bribe amount was meant to be handed over to the said judge. Subsequently, the bribe money was delivered by the advocate to the judge at her residence, out of which she kept Rs four lakh and gave Rs one lakh to the advocate,” a CBI statement said. The bribe money of Rs five lakh was recovered by the CBI.

During investigation, the involvement of Rachna's husband, Alok Lakhanpal, came to the fore and he was also arrested along with Mehal.

Rachna was presented before Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal, who sent her to judicial custody till October 13, while her husband and the lawyer were sent to two-day CBI custody. The judge's bail application will be heard on October 3.

During the hearing, the CBI told the court that a complaint was received against Rachna on September 27, and she was arrested while accepting Rs 4 lakh from the advocate.

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Naren......your sister in trouble....any joky defence statement...?

Narain kotian sister. 25K vs 9400K.

Judges who are hearing cauvery dispute also should be probed for the truth

Can't trust anyone

The phrase \We have faith in Indian judiciary system\" can not be quoted anymore."

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2 foreign nationals held for ATM skimming in Karnataka

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June 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 23: Police have nabbed two foreign nationals who were drawing money from ATMs of various banks by using fake ATM cards after collecting details of the card including code while customers used to withdraw money.

Police on Tuesday said that the arrested were identified as Felix Kisiibo (25), Present address Kogilu, Yelahanka, Bengaluru Native address BUGOBERO Village, Khabutoola sub-county, Manafwa District, Uganda and Khairun Abbdulla (32), Present address Kogilu, Yelahanka, Bengaluru Native address House Uzini Zanzibar, Mkele urban, Tanzania.

The duo by inserting Skirmish machine into ATM used to collect details of ATM cardholders, balance and code and then by using fake ATM cards used to withdraw the money without the knowledge of customers.

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Covid-19: DK, Udupi considered as one unit for movement of people

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May 12,2020

Mangaluru, May 12: The Karnataka government has ordered that Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts be considered as one unit for the movement of people to undertake permitted activities between 0700 hrs to and 1900 hrs.

Principal Secretary and Member Secretary, Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority, T K Anil Kumar, in an order, said that there was no need for different passes for commuting by people between these two districts.

However, people should carry their identity cards issued by their respective enterprises/ companies to show that they are carrying out permitted activities only, he said.

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Protest will continue until Speaker allows to discuss about Yatnal: Siddaramaiah

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March 3,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that the party's protest will continue until the Speaker will allow them to discuss BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yathnal's recent comments on freedom fighter HS Doreswamy.

"Our protest in the well of state assembly will continue until Speaker allows us to discuss about Basanagouda Patil Yatnal," Siddaramaiah said.

Congress MLAs staged a protest in the Karnataka Assembly and entered the well demanding BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yathnal's apology for his 'Pakistani agent' remark.

Earlier, Congress leaders on February 26 staged a protest on the same issue in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue at Vidhana Soudha.

Yathnal, on February 25, called Doreswamy a fake freedom fighter and a Pakistani agent while addressing the media. His comments triggered a controversy drawing sharp remarks from Congress and other parties.

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