ETV Bharat: Bengaluru: Friday, March 28, 2025.
Lokayukta police caught him red handed while receiving bribe to remove the name of an RTI activist who has been blacklisted by the Information Commission.
A Commissioner of Karnataka
Information Commission has been caught red handed by the Lokayukta police while
accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh from an RTI activist to remove his name from a
blacklist.
This is the first such incident where an RTI Commissioner has been caught accepting bribes. As per the Lokayukta officials, RTI Commissioner of Kalaburagi Bench Ravindra Gurunath Dakappa had demanded Rs three lakh from RTI activist Sayibanna Sasi Benakanahalli to remove his name from the list of RTI activists, who were blacklisted by the RTI Commission. Saibanna was blacklisted by the RTI Commission for seeking unnecessary and irrelevant information misusing the Right to Information Act.
Of the Rs three lakh, Dakappa reportedly received Rs one lakh through a UPI App, and he was caught while receiving the remaining Rs two lakh at his office at Kalaburagi. The trap was carried out by a Lokayukta police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Geetha Benal under the guidance of Lokayukta Superintendent of Police B K Umesh.
For the record, the Karnataka Information Commission is constituted by the State Government through a Gazette Notification. The Commission includes one State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) and not more than 10 State Information Commissioners (SIC) who will be appointed by the Karnataka Governor.
Lokayukta police caught him red handed while receiving bribe to remove the name of an RTI activist who has been blacklisted by the Information Commission.
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This is the first such incident where an RTI Commissioner has been caught accepting bribes. As per the Lokayukta officials, RTI Commissioner of Kalaburagi Bench Ravindra Gurunath Dakappa had demanded Rs three lakh from RTI activist Sayibanna Sasi Benakanahalli to remove his name from the list of RTI activists, who were blacklisted by the RTI Commission. Saibanna was blacklisted by the RTI Commission for seeking unnecessary and irrelevant information misusing the Right to Information Act.
Of the Rs three lakh, Dakappa reportedly received Rs one lakh through a UPI App, and he was caught while receiving the remaining Rs two lakh at his office at Kalaburagi. The trap was carried out by a Lokayukta police team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Geetha Benal under the guidance of Lokayukta Superintendent of Police B K Umesh.
For the record, the Karnataka Information Commission is constituted by the State Government through a Gazette Notification. The Commission includes one State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) and not more than 10 State Information Commissioners (SIC) who will be appointed by the Karnataka Governor.
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