VRO caught red-handed

Nellore: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials have arrested the Village Revenue Officer (VRO) while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a farmer on Saturday.

The accused, Bonthu Gangadhar Rao of Kakarlapadu village, AS peta mandal, is working as VRO in Jammavaram village Secretariat of AS peta mandal.

According to the officials, T Ashok of Kakarlapadu village approached VRO Gangadhar Rao for change of mutation and giving title deed with the name of his paternal mother T Padmamma as her husband died recently.

Sources disclosed that the accused allegedly demanded Rs 15,000 for completing the process. Ashok complained to the ACB sleuths, who caught the VRO red-handed while accepting the bribe on Saturday.

The officials booked cases against the accused and produced him before the special ACB court at Nellore on Saturday.