ACB traps Panchayat Raj official taking bribe in Sircilla

According to the ACB, Joginapalli Bhaskar Rao, a senior assistant in the Panchayat Raj engineering department, IDOC, demanded bribes from a contractor Venkatesh to do a favour.

Rajanna-Sircilla: Anti-Corruption Bureau officials nabbed a Panchayat Raj department employee while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.7,000 from a contractor in the Integrated District Offices Complex, Sircilla on Monday.

According to the ACB, Joginapalli Bhaskar Rao, a senior assistant in the Panchayat Raj engineering department, IDOC, demanded bribes from a contractor Venkatesh to do a favour. A native of Lingannapeta of Gambhiraopet mandal, Venkatesh had constructed a compound wall for a graveyard spending Rs.4.5 lakh in the village. Bhaskar Rao allegedly demanded the bribe to send the bill to the Chief Planning officer.

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Venkatesh then approached the ACB who nabbed the official while accepting Rs.7,000.