Overview
- Lokayukta police in Bengaluru arrested Deputy Commissioner Jagadeesh Naik, Superintendent Thammanna K. M., and constable Lakkappa Gani after a sting operation.
- Officials were allegedly caught accepting ₹25 lakh in cash linked to the clearing of liquor licences.
- The complainant, former corporator Lakshminarayana, reported a demand of ₹80 lakh for a CL-7 bar licence and a microbrewery licence.
- A case was registered under Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, with searches and further investigation underway.
- New claims expanded the alleged scale, with one report citing demands up to about ₹2.25 crore and the BJP alleging a ₹2,500 crore racket while pressing for Excise Minister R. B. Thimmapur’s resignation.