5 years for ₹10,000 bribe: BWSSB engineer pays a heavy price for corruption

A BWSSB engineer, identified as Channeshappa, was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment for accepting a ₹10,000 bribe.

Published on: Mar 30, 2022, 18:40:14 IST

By Yamini C S

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A special court has held a Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) engineer in Bengaluru guilty of accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000 and sentenced him to five years of rigorous imprisonment on Tuesday.

BWSSB officials caught accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000

The special court is bound to hear Prevention of Corruption Act cases. The court also imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on the BWSSB engineer and the order was passed by Judge K Lakshminarayana Bhat.

The convicted official, who works as an assistant engineer with BWSSB’s unit, has been identified as H B Channeshappa.

Officials from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had reportedly caught Channeshappa back in January 2017, when he was a junior engineer with the Nagarbhavi unit.

An individual had approached him seeking water connection to a commercial building and Channeshappa was caught red-handed demanding a bribe of Rs. 30,000, as he sought Rs. 10,000 as advance.

However, the person filed a complaint with the ACB and a trap was laid out successfully to catch the offender in his act. However, it is being said that Channeshappa was promoted as assistant engineer even with a corruption case pending against him in court.

With potholes and bad roads dug by the BBMP and BWSSB killing multiple people recently, Bengaluru's local bodies have been in the news for the wrong reasons, with several mishaps owing to a sorry state of affairs in the Karnataka capital.

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Yamini C S
Yamini CS is a Senior Content Producer at Hindustan Times with nearly six years of experience in digital journalism. She is part of the India News desk, where she works on a wide range of stories cutting across civic issues, city-based developments, politics, governance, public policy, breaking news, trending topics, and international affairs that have an impact on India. Her role involves tracking fast-moving developments, verifying information from official and on-ground sources, and presenting news in a clear, accessible format for a digital-first audience. A significant part of her work includes handling live blogs during major news events, such as elections, court verdicts, political developments, civic disruptions, protests, weather-related alerts, and unfolding national or international incidents. Through live coverage, she focuses on timely updates to help readers follow complex stories as they evolve. Before moving to the broader India News desk, Yamini was associated with the Bengaluru desk at Hindustan Times, where she extensively covered urban governance, infrastructure, traffic and transport issues, weather events, public grievances, and civic administration in the city. This experience strengthened her grounding in city reporting and sharpened her focus on citizen-centric journalism. She began her career as a correspondent with Reuters after completing a postgraduate diploma in journalism from the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media. Her early training instilled a strong emphasis on accuracy, sourcing, and news ethics, which continue to shape her reporting style. Outside of work, Yamini enjoys reading across genres, listening to music, and spending time with her family, which help her maintain balance in a fast-paced newsroom environment.Read More

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