Telangana: ACB nabs three government officials on bribery charges

The Anti Corruption Bureau ACB in Telangana nabbed three government officials in two separate incidents for allegedly accepting bribes the agency said in a statement on MondayAccording to the agency the accused were identified as Radhika Reddy Balraj and Joginipalli Bhaskar RaoIn the first case the ACB nabbed a Panchayat Secretary and Bill Collector for taking a bribe in the Rangareddy districtSharing details about the case ACB said On May 20 2024 at 1100 hrs Radhika Reddy the Panchayat Secretary Office of the Gram Panchayath Nanajpur Village in Rangareddy district was caught by ACB for demanding and accepting a bribe amount of Rs 35000 from a complainant identified as Mohd Barkath AliThe bribe was demanded through Balraj a Bill Collector at Office of the Gram Panchayat Nanajpur Village for official favour of allotment of house number and permission for construction of compound wall for Plot No 83 and 84p 500 Square Yards at Nanajpur Village Shamshabad Mandal Ranga Reddy District which belongs to the complainantThe bribe amount was recovered from the possession of the accused officials following which both were arrested and produced before the Honble Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases Court at Nampally HyderabadIn Case 2 the ACB arrested a senior District Panchayat Raj Engineer for accepting a bribe in the Sircilla districtAccording to ACB On May 20 2024 at 1125 hours accused Officer AO Joginipalli Bhaskar Rao Senior Assistant the District Panchayat Raj Engineer in Sircilla district was caught redhanded when he demanded and accepted a bribe amount of Rs 7000 from a complainant identified as Golleni Venkatesh RioThe bribe was demanded by the official for a favour to place the Measurement Book and connected file about the construction work of the compound wall of a graveyard at Lingnnapet Village before the Executive Engineer of the District Panchayat Raj Engineer Sircilla and to forward the same to Chief Planning Officer in the Siricilla DistrictThe bribe amount was recovered from the possession of the official following which he was arrested and produced before the Honble Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases at KarimnagarAn investigation is underway in both the cases and further details into the matter are awaitedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever