GHMC engineer caught taking Rs 15 lakh bribe in Hyderabad

A superintendent engineer of GHMC was arrested by the ACB for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh through a computer operator. The money was allegedly sought for clearing a contractor’s bill in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A superintendent engineer working with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) was caught by the ACB for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh through a computer operator for doing official work.

The official, P Chinna Reddy, Superintendent Engineer working at Kukatpally zone, had demanded the amount from a contractor for verifying the works and processing a bill of Rs 1.40 crore.

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The contractor approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau and lodged a complaint. Based on his complaint, the ACB laid a trap and on Wednesday caught Chinna Reddy and the computer operator B Praveen Kumar when they accepted the bribe amount.

Both of them were arrested and are being produced before the ACB Court in Hyderabad.