The third additional district and sessions judge in Mysuru has summoned Minister for Public Works H.C. Mahadevappa’s son Sunil Bose in connection with a Lokayukta case booked against a senior geologist for demanding bribe to issue permits to transport sand six years ago.
The court has allowed an application filed by the complainant Basavaraj to consider Mr. Bose as the second accused, his associate Raju as the third accused, and summoned him to appear before the court on July 5.
Mr. Basavaraj had alleged that the senior geologist in Mysuru, V.J. Alphonsus, had demanded a bribe of Rs. 1 lakh for issuing permits to transport sand from Hakkur Doddi in T. Narsipur taluk of Mysuru district in March 2010. The geologist had claimed that the bribe was meant for Mr. Mahadevappa’s son, Sunil Bose.
Subsequently, Mr. Basavaraj lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta in Bengaluru against the demand for a bribe. On March 27, the Lokayukta trapped Alphonsus accepting the bribe at his residence in Kuvempunagar in Mysuru. Alphonsus was due to retire in three months at the time.
Based on the official’s statement, the Lokayukta booked Sunil Bose and his associate Raju under the Prevention of Corruption Act. However, when the charge sheet was filed in the case, the names of the Minister’s son and his associate were dropped. Mr. Basavaraj, who claimed to have recorded a conversation with Sunil Bose reiterating the demand for bribe and the geologist separately during March 2010, filed an application with the third additional district judge in Mysuru in February 2015.
