GADAG:Lokayukta police in Karnataka caught Chandru Lamani, BJP MLA from Shirahatti in Gadag district, allegedly taking a Rs 5 lakh bribe from a contractor, during a raid at his Balaji Hospital in Laxmeshwar on Saturday. Lamani, a medical practitioner, was taluk health officer in Laxmeshwar, and resigned from service to contest the 2023 assembly election.A team led by SP Siddalingappa raided the hospital and detained the MLA after a class-1 contractor, Vijay Pujar, lodged a complaint alleging that the MLA had demanded an 11% commission for a Rs 1 crore retaining wall construction in Sankadal village. During the raid, Lamani’s PAs Manjunath Walmiki and Guru Lamani were also caught. Officials said they threw Rs 1 lakh into a neighbouring private school’s compound in an attempt to destroy evidence.
