ACB nabs Peddapalli sub-registrar, official for accepting bribe

According to the ACB, Sub-Registrar Devanagiri Nirmala and office sub-ordinate Srinivasulu demanded Rs 60,000 from a complainant Pudari Srinivas for his land documents

Peddapalli: Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths (ACB) on Tuesday nabbed a Sub-Registrar and an office sub-ordinate for accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 for doing an official favour at the Sub-Registration office in Peddapalli town on Tuesday.

According to the ACB, Sub-Registrar Devanagiri Nirmala and office sub-ordinate Srinivasulu demanded Rs 60,000 from a complainant Pudari Srinivas for his land documents. The Sub-Registrar had earlier also collected a bribe from the complainant for doing an official favour.

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When the Sub-Registrar demanded further bribe, he approached the ACB, who laid a trap and caught them red-handed while accepting the bribe.