Hyderabad: ACB nab Commercial Taxes dept official accepting Rs. 2 lakh bribe   

The officer Sridhar Reddy, State Tax Officer (Deputy Commercial Tax Officer) Commercial Taxes Department allegedly demanded bribe from a businessman Srikanth, to finalize the audit of his firm.

Hyderabad: An official of State Commercial Taxes Department was caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau red handed when he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs. 2 lakh from a businessman.

The officer Sridhar Reddy, State Tax Officer (Deputy Commercial Tax Officer) Commercial Taxes Department allegedly demanded bribe from a businessman Srikanth, to finalize the audit of his firm and close the notice issued to him by the department. The businessman had approached the ACB and made a complaint. A case was registered and the official was trapped red handed on Wednesday.

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Sridhar Reddy was arrested and produced before the First Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases Court at Nampally, Hyderabad. The case is under investigation.