Hyderabad: Vanasthalipuram Sub-Registrar caught by ACB for accepting Rs. 70,000 bribe

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials caught Vanasthalipuram Sub-Registrar S Rajesh Kumar on Friday for demanding Rs. 1 lakh and accepting a Rs. 70,000 bribe for property registration. The amount was recovered from an associate, and both were remanded in custody

Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials caught S Rajesh Kumar, Sub-Registrar of Vanasthalipuram, on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe on Friday.

Another person who received the bribe amount was also arrested.

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According to ACB officials, Rajesh Kumar had demanded a bribe of Rs. 1 lakh and accepted Rs. 70,000 from the complainant for processing the registration of a property.

The bribe amount was recovered from K Ramesh, a resident of Nagole.

Both were produced before the special court for ACB cases and remanded in judicial custody. A further probe is underway.