Four Panchayat officials held in Telangana for accepting Rs 7.5 lakhs bribe ANI | Updated: Jan 30, 2021 10:40 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 30 (ANI): Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday arrested four officials including Mandal Panchayat officer and Gram Panchayat Secretary for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of 7.5 lakhs.
The accused have been identified as Mansampally Gram Panchayat Village Secretary J Geetha, Village Deputy Sarpanch B Narasimha Yadav, Village Sarpanch s husband Kandi Ramesh and Maheshwaram Mandal Panchayat Officer G Srinivarulu. Geetha, Yadav, and Ramesh were caught red-handed when they demanded and accepted the bribe amount of Rs 5.5 lakhs at Gram panchayat office, Mansapally yesterday at 1.55 pm. Simultaneously, Srinivasulu was also caught red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe amount of Rs 2 lakhs at MPDO Office, the ACB said in a statement.