ACB Nabs Panchayat Secretary in Vizianagaram District for Bribery

Visakhapatnam: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested panchayat secretary Penta Murali from Kasipatnam Sachivalayam in Makkuval mandal, Vizianagaram district, on Saturday.

He was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 2,600 from Cheekati Ganapathi, a resident of Kannampeta village in the mandal.

Ganapathi had approached Murali to obtain solvency certificates for his father-in-law and a relative. The ACB not only apprehended Murali but also seized the bribe money and relevant files from his possession.