Suryapet: Panchayat Raj AEE in ACB trap

Following a complaint from Krishna, ACB officials nabbed the Panchayat Raj AEE in his office at Mellacheruvu.

Suryapet: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday nabbed Kosuri Rangaraju, an Assistant Executive Engineer of the Panchayat Raj department at Mellacheruvu, while he allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs.5,000 from the sarpanch of a village.

The official allegedly demanded the bribe for approval of measurements in the records of installation of 40 watt and 9 watt bulbs as street lights, the work of which was executed by Dharavath Krishna, a native of Kappala thanda in Mellecheruvu mandal. Krishna was also the sarpanch of Kappalakunta thanda.

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Following a complaint from Krishna, ACB officials nabbed the Panchayat Raj AEE in his office at Mellacheruvu.