bengaluru in a major embarrassment to the congress government a sting operation by a news channel shows social welfare minister h anjaneyas wife allegedly accepting a bribe of rs 7 lakh to clear a tender the tender is for supplying meals to hostel students in morarji desai residential schools run by the social welfare department the issue came to my notice when i was chairing the cabinet meeting ive sought details of the video and allegations against the minister and his wife i will look into them before reacting cm siddaramaiah said after the tv news channel repeatedly played the videotape the video went viral on social media this is the second time anjaneya is in hot waters in june he was named in an alleged scam in the purchase of beds and pillows for student hostels his department allegedly submitted inflated bills causing a rs 14crore loss to the exchequer under pressure from the opposition the cm asked the cid to probe the scam in the video two members of an investigation team members of the channel are seen negotiating the bribe deal with prabhakar deputy director hostels of the social welfare department at his office posing as contractors from mangaluru after a brief conversation the officer demands 15 kickbacks of the rs 7crore deal in return the contractor offers the minister rs 7 lakh which prabhakar hestitantly accepts and asks them to hand it over to the ministers wife vijayalakshmi the second clip shows vijayalakshmi in a room and a person going in and placing a bundle of cash on the table in front of her though her voice is not heard the news channel explains vijayalakshmi asked its team members to keep the money on the table the authenticity of the tapes could not be verified a stung anjaneya told reporters i dont know where this has come from im a dalit and i havent come here into politics to make money im targeted by my rivals speaking to the news channel which conducted the sting operation he said ive asked department officials to conduct a probe against the officer prabhakar to ascertain whether he has a role in the sting operation to fix me and my wife ours is not a family that stoops low sources said governor vajubhai r vala has sought a report from the government on the scam the bjp demanded anjaneyas resignation and a probe into the scam opposition leader in the assembly jagadish shettar said it was yet another instance of corruption in the government the first political casualty of the congress government was information and infrastructure development minister santosh lad who quit in september 2013 after an iron ore mining company in which he was a partner was charged with illegal mining