Ganti Srikanth (left) and S Shivanand
Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two government officers for demanding and accepting bribes to do official duties.
In the first case, a Divisional Executive Engineer working in the Irrigation and Command Area Development (I&CAD) was caught red-handed for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 at his residence in Bhavani Nagar, Hanamkonda.
Ganti Srikanth works in Palakurthi. According to the complainant, he demanded the money to record final measurements in M-books and process the pending bills. He was produced before the special judge in Warangal.
In another case, ACB officials arrested a record assistant working in the Deputy Inspector of Schools (DIoS), Amberpet Division, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 to process retirement benefits.
The accused officer, S Shivanand, had demanded the bribe from the complainant, whose mother had recently retired.
The tainted amount was recovered from his possession. He was produced before the Principal Special Judge in Nampally
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