Telangana revenue official held for accepting Rs 5000 bribe

The accused demanded Rs 10,000 and accepted Rs 5,000 from a complainant to facilitate an enquiry and forward the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme application of the complainant’s sister.

Hyderabad: An additional revenue inspector (ARI) at the Dindi Tahasildar’s office in Gundlapally mandal of Nalgonda district was allegedly caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe.

The accused have been identified as Nenavath Shyam Naik.

According to reports, the accused demanded Rs 10,000 and accepted Rs 5,000 from a complainant to facilitate an enquiry and forward the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme application of the complainant’s sister. The ACB recovered the tainted money from Naik and confirmed his involvement through a chemical test on his right hand fingers which tested positive for traces of the bribe.

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The accused was arrested and produced before Additional SPE and ACB Cases Court in Nampally where he was remanded to judicial custody.

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