Hyderabad: GHMC asst engineer arrested by ACB over Rs 15K bribe

The GHMC assistant engineer was caught red-handed when he accepted the amount.

Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested an assistant engineer working with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Rajendranagar Circle XI, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a contractor.

The Assistant Engineer, L Balvanth Reddy, had reportedly demanded the amount from a contractor named Muzaffar for processing a bill of Rs 6 lakh – the cost incurred towards laying a cement road at Adarshnagar.

Muzaffar approached the ACB who booked a case and laid a trap to catch him. The GHMC Assistant Engineer was caught red-handed when he accepted the amount. The fingers of both the hands of the accused officer yielded positive results in the chemical test.

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The officer is arrested and being produced before the Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases, Hyderabad.

Mir Alamgir

Mir Alamgir is a reporter at Siasat.com based in Hyderabad. He writes on Telangana politics, law and order, communal affairs, and civic issues, with a particular focus on Hyderabad's Old… More »
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