Hyderabad, May 31 (NSS): On May 30, 2024, principal accused K. Bhanai Lal, Executive Engineer, accused 2 K. Karthik, Assistant Engineer and accused 3 H. Nikhesh Kumar A.E, A.W. Section, Office of Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Circle, Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad and accused 4 P. Ganesh, Surveyor, MRO Office, Gandipet, were caught by ACB, Hyderabad City Unit-2 when they were accepting the bribe amount of Rs 1,00,000 from the complainant Bommu Upendranath Reddy of Neknampur, Manikonda, Ranga Reddy District for showing official favour i.e “to process and forward the NOC permission file for the construction of building at Neknampur, Manikonda of the complainant”.
AO-1 to AO-3 initially demanded Rs 2,50,000 as bribe from the complainant and already accepted Rs 1,50,000 as advance. The AO-4 demanded and accepted Rs 40,000/- for conducting survey. The Accused Officers thereby performed their public duty improperly and dishonestly. The bribe amount of Rs 65,000 was recovered from the possession of AO-1 at his instance, Rs 35,000 from the possession of AO-3 at his instance. Both hand fingers of both the AOs yielded positive in chemical test.
All the four accused were arrested and produced before the Principal Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases, Court at Nampally, Hyderabad. (NSS
