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Panchayat raj deputy engineer lands in ACB net
Anti-Corruption Bureau officials caught a deputy engineer (DE) of panchayat raj department of Penumantra while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a contractor for doing a favour.
Eluru: Anti-Corruption Bureau officials caught a deputy engineer (DE) of panchayat raj department of Penumantra while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a contractor for doing a favour.
According to ACB officials, Yadala Ravichandrababu, husband of Penugonda sarpanch Ashya Jyothi was working as contractor over the years. He has taken up development works relating to government in the village. District collector K Bhaskar had asked the contractors to take up the development works and submit their bills for clearance.
On this, Ravichandra Babu submitted bills to DE panchayat raj at Penumantra office. The nine-month bills totalling Rs 20 lakhs have to be sanctioned by the department. However, DE Kalidasu Ramakrishna demanded Rs 25,000 to clear Rs 20 lakh bills to Ravichandra.
As the DE not clearing the bills, Ravichandra approached the ACB and lodged a complaint. Acting on the tip-off, the ACB laid a trap and caught the official while accepting bribe. ACB officials led by DSP G Gopalakrishna, circle inspector U J Wilson and their staff caught Ramakrishna. He will be produced in ACB court in Vijayawada on Saturday.
