ACB nabs Kothagudem Medical College admin officer, staff for accepting bribe

ACB DSP, Y Ramesh, told the media that AO Syed Khalilullah and junior assistant D Sudhakar demanded Rs 15 lakh from the agency to clear pending salary bills of workers engaged in the work at the medical college by the agency

Kothagudem: ACB sleuths caught red-handed an administrative officer (AO) and junior assistant working at the Kothagudem Government Medical College allegedly while accepting a bribe from the owner of an outsourcing agency.

ACB DSP, Y Ramesh, told the media that AO Syed Khalilullah and junior assistant D Sudhakar demanded Rs 15 lakh from the agency to clear pending salary bills of workers engaged in the work at the medical college by the agency as well as to take back 23 workers who were rejected by the AO stating that they were not qualified.

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After bargaining, the accused agreed to do the work for Rs.7 lakh, of which Rs 3 lakh was paid on Tuesday and the remaining Rs.4 lakh was to be paid on Saturday, the DSP said.

It was said that the accused AO cleared salary bills for only two and a half months and put salary bills of four months on hold after the agency took the matter to the notice of the higher officials.