Health department accountant held for taking bribe in Hyderabad

An accountant in the office of the director of public health and family welfare was arrested for taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a retired government doctor on Saturday at Koti.

The officials of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) took V Sanjeev Kumar into custody who demanded the bribe to do official favour to the retired doctor Baddam Srinivas Reddy.

Based on the complaint lodged by Reddy, the ACB sleuths laid a trap at the office of the accountant and caught him red-handed while accepting a bribe. Sanjeev Kumar will be produced before court soon.