Panchayat Raj AEE caught taking bribe in Mahabubabad
An AEE at the office of District Panchayat Raj Executive Engineering, Dodda Lalitha was caught red-handed taking bribe by the ACB.
Mahabubabad: An Assistant Executive Engineer at the office of District Panchayat Raj Executive Engineering, Dodda Lalitha was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday, allegedly when she was accepting a bribe of Rs.2,000 as the second instalment from Karra Ashok Reddy, a contractor from Kanvaigudem village of Pedda Vangara Mandal.
According to an ACB press note, Lalitha demanded the bribe in order to scrutinize the final bill and M-Book related to the construction of a Vaikunta Dhamam (crematorium) in Kanvaigudem village, which had been executed by Reddy. The bribe was also requested as a reward for previously processed bills, which Lalitha intended to forward to the Executive Engineer, Panchayat Raj, Mahabubabad.
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Lalitha had allegedly accepted Rs.3,000 on Monday as the first instalment of the bribe. She will be presented before the First Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases in Hyderabad. The case is currently under investigation.
