Tahsildar, surveyor caught taking Rs 20-lakh bribe

Hyderabad: Ina major catch, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Monday arrested the Abdullapurmet tahsildar and surveyor for accepting bribe of Rs 20 lakh for doing official favour.

According to ACB official, they arrested Abdullapurmet mandal tahsildar B Sudershan Reddy and mandal surveyor Batuka Srinivasulu for demanding and accepting Rs 20 lakh bribe to conduct a land survey and issue a joint inspection report.

Srinivasulu was caught near Abdullapurmet village in Ranga Reddy district while allegedly accepting the bribe from a complainant on the instructions of Sudershan Reddy.

The ACB official stated that the accused officers demanded Rs 30 lakh but they reduced to Rs 20 lakh.

The agency official seized bribe amount of Rs 20 lakh all denominations of Rs 500 from the accused officers and tested positive in chemical examination. The ACB arrested accused officers and would produce before the court for judicial remand.

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