ACB officials nabbed Bill Collector in Sadasivapet while accepting Rs 15k bribe

ACB officials caught a Bill Collector in Sadasivapet municipality allegedly accepting a Rs 15,000 bribe linked to a house tax settlement. Officials also conducted searches at the municipal office and questioned staff to examine the involvement of other employees

Sangareddy: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials nabbed a Bill Collector while he was allegedly accepting a Rs 15,000 bribe from a household in Sadasivapet municipality on Thursday. According to ACB DSP Sudharshan, the accused Bill Collector, Nikhil Reddy, had demanded a Rs 35,000 bribe from a house owner for accepting his request to reduce the complainant’s house tax from Rs 1.04 lakh to Rs 50,000 as a one-time settlement.

The complainant paid Rs 20,000 in the first instalment. However, unable to pay the remaining amount, he approached ACB officials. The ACB officials, who laid a trap, asked the complainant to pay the bribe at the Bill Collector’s chamber on Thursday, when they entered and caught him red-handed.

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The ACB officials searched the entire office and questioned the staff to find out the involvement of other officials. The searches were carried out for four hours. The ACB officials said they would produce the accused before the ACB Court in Nampally.