'Protection money cartel' in Hegde-run Lokayukta

A senior police officer who was part of the Karnataka Lokayukta during Justice N. Santosh Hegde's tenure has alleged that the watchdog was steeped in corruption. In an interview to a Kannada daily, IPS officer Madhukar Shetty said: "The officers have formed a cartel to extract protection money from a particular department in return for a free run." Shetty, who was the SP in the Lokayukta's police wing during Hegde's tenure, is now in the US on study leave for two years.

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