Metro India News | Hyderabad 

Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (TG ACB) arrested three government officials on Thursday, for demanding bribes of Rs 30,000 in two separate cases. Panchayat Secretary Ananthula Sathish Kumar of Nagulapati Annaram village, located in Penpahad mandal of Suryapet district was caught by the ACB officials for demanding a bribe of Rs 15,000. The arrested official demanded a bribe from the complainant for issuing a no-objection certificate from the gram panchayat regarding charcoal production required to secure permission from the forest department.

The official later reduced the amount to Rs 8,000 on the complainant’s request, but was caught by the ACB before accepting the bribe. In the second case, two officials from the Adilabad municipality were caught by the ACB officials for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.

Accounts officer Battala Raj Kumar and computer operator Kondra Ravi Kumar, had demanded a bribe from the complainant for handing over a cheque for the development works carried out by him over the past two years. The officials had demanded a bribe before handing over a partial payment of Rs 3,80,000.