Hyderabad: Two commercial tax officers and two GHMC sanitary field assistants were apprehended by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for demanding bribes in exchange for official favours.
According to ACB officials, Mahabub Basha, assistant commissioner (ST) of Malakpet Circle, demanded a bribe of Rs.1 lakh to issue a letter to defreeze the complainant’s bank account. The accused accepted a bribe of Rs.50,000 through Soma Shekar, assistant commercial tax officer. Officials recovered the bribe amount from Soma Shekar’s table drawer, and chemical tests confirmed the substances.
Additionally, Saleem Khan, field assistant (outsourcing) at GHMC Circle 18 in Jubilee Hills, demanded a bribe of Rs.60,000 from the complainant to waive fines on his coffee shop.
Further investigation revealed G. Ramesh, sanitary field assistant, had also accepted a bribe of Rs.50,000 directly from his pocket.
All four accused have been arrested for misconduct and corruption while performing public duties and will be presented before the ACB special judge.
