Asst Engineer in ACB Net for Taking Rs 50k Bribe

Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested Itikyal mandal assistant engineer for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 for doing an official favour. The tainted officer was attached to the panchayat raj department in Gadwal district.

D. Pandu Ranga Rao was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 50,000 bribe from a complainant, who had produced the maintenance book and bills related to minority community hall construction work, before him for clearance.

Officials seized the chemical-laced cash and conducted a test. The fingers of the accused officer tested positive. He was arrested and produced before a court for judicial remand.