Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday caught Vomkaram Narsinga Rao, 55, an Assistant Engineer in Irrigation Sub-Division office in Peddapalli district red handed when he allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs.20,000 from a complainant for showing an official favour.
Rao was caught near the office of Deputy Commissioner of Police Peddapalli while allegedly accepting bribe to record in MB pertaining to contract work which was executed by the complainant and also to forward the same along with the connected file to the executive engineer, Irrigation, in Peddapalli through Deputy Engineer for sanction of payment.
The tainted bribe amount of Rs.20,000 was recovered from the possession of Rao. The fingers of both hands of Rao yielded positive in the chemical test. The ACB officials produced Rao before a special court for ACB cases in Karimnagar after which the court remanded them to judicial custody.
