Bengaluru, 4/7: For the first time, Karnataka Lokayukta has said that one of its former Superintendents of Police (SP) was involved in a recently busted extortion racket.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the Lokayukta said that Srinath Mahadev Joshi, who was on June 12 relieved as the SP, Bengaluru City-1, Karnataka Lokayukta, was in constant communication with the prime suspect, Ningappa G alias Ningappa Sawant, a former constable from Hosadurga in Chitradurga dismissed from service, who on June 2, was arrested by the Lokayukta police.
