ACB urges people to report corruption

Rajamahendravaram: East Godavari District Superintendent of Police D Narasimha Kishore on Tuesday unveiled a poster prepared by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Rajamahendravaram Range, as part of Vigilance Awareness Week-2026. Joint collector Y Megha Swaroop, ACB Additional Superintendent of Police S Bhavya Kishore, inspectors and other staff participated in the programme. Speaking on the occasion, SP said preventing corruption was the responsibility of every citizen and stressed the need to improve transparency and accountability in government offices. He urged people to come forward without fear and lodge complaints with the ACB if any government official demanded a bribe or indulged in corrupt practices while discharging official duties. SP said public awareness and complaints through legal channels would help strengthen transparency in government administration. He called upon people to cooperate with the authorities in preventing corruption and ensuring accountability among public servants. ACB Additional SP Bhavya Kishore appealed to the public to inform the bureau if any government official demanded a bribe, indulged in corrupt practices or possessed assets disproportionate to known sources of income. She assured that the identities of complainants would be kept confidential. People can report corruption by calling the ACB toll-free number 1064. The Rajamahendravaram ACB office can be contacted at 0883-2467833 or through email at [email protected].

The public can also contact the following ACB officials to lodge complaints: Additional SP S Bhavya Kishore at 9440446102, East Godavari District Inspector NV Bhaskara Rao at 9440446161, Kakinada District Inspector D Vasu Krishna at 8332971041, Dr BR Ambedkar Konaseema District Inspector Y Satish at 9440446163 and Polavaram District Inspector K Govindaraju at 9491305601. The ACB headquarters in Vijayawada can be contacted at 0866-2428770 and 9440440057.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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