Telangana News: Suraram Inspector arrested for taking bribe of Rs 1 lakh

Hyderabad. Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested Suraram Inspector Akula Venkatesham while accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh on the police station premises.

According to ACB officials, Inspector Venkatesham was caught red-handed while accepting bribe from complainant Ratnakaram Raju, a resident of Gajularamaram. The bribe was demanded by Raju to allow development work on his land in Gajularamaram. The officer had initially demanded Rs 5 lakh but settled for Rs 1 lakh as advance. Earlier, the inspector had accepted Rs 2 lakh from the same complainant to avoid opening a history sheet against him.

In a separate incident, ACB officials arrested Revenue Inspector Sangam Durgaiah of Nyalkal Mandal in Sangareddy district while accepting a bribe of Rs 70,000 from farmer Hippargon Mallappa. The bribe was for processing cheques related to land allotted and acquired by the government for the National Investment and Manufacturing Region in Zaheerabad.

The two officials were subjected to chemical tests which confirmed the presence of the bribe money on their fingertips. The ACB seized the bribe money and arrested the officials, who were later produced in court for judicial remand.