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BANGALORE: Greed perhaps proved his undoing. When questioned by the Lokayukta, N. Venkatachala, after being caught while allegedly accepting a bribe, this just promoted education department officer kept repeating: "They forced the money on me''. The Lokayukta and his police who caught Jayaram, section officer and just promoted to the next cadre, appeared sceptical. The bribe was handed over and accepted well after 7 p.m. on Wednesday when most government employees would have left their offices for the day. According to Ajay Gosh, member of the board of trustees of a private nursing college located on Mysore Road, negotiations went on with the section officer for more than a week about getting a file cleared for granting a "no objection certificate" for the college. The Government had approved it and only the paperwork remained; the file had to be forwarded by the section officer to his superior to be signed. It was at this stage that the bribe was demanded. There was a hilarious side to the episode. The complainant was requested a lift in his car by the official to be taken to a garage in Rajajinagar where his motorcycle was being repaired. It was after the motorcycle was safely back that the alleged transaction was concluded with a suitable witness in the guise of the complainant's "brother". When questioned by the Lokayukta in front of the media, Jayaram admitted taking the 10 currency notes in the denomination of Rs. 1,000 and putting it into his pocket but maintained it was forced on him. "I told them the file would be cleared the next day but they did not want to wait,'' he said. He said he joined government service in 1984. "We have caught a few corrupt employees in the Vidhana Soudha, I wonder how many more?'' an obviously disgusted Mr. Venkatachala remarked before Jayaram was taken away.
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