Data-entry operator gets 4-yr jail term for taking Rs 5k bribe

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: An outsourced data-entry operator from the income tax department, who was caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while accepting a bribe from a businessman has been sentenced to four-year imprisonment with a fine of Rs 10,000 by a special court in Bengaluru.
Srinivas Murthy, 29, who was working at the office of the assistant commissioner for commercial tax in Indiranagar was caught by the ACB in 2018 while accepting Rs 5,000 from a businessman to help him retain his blocked username and password.
It was revealed that initially, Murthy had demanded Rs 8,000 from the businessman, however, later it was revised to Rs 5,000. Following this, the businessman had filed a complaint with the ACB which laid a trap and nabbed Murthy.