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The investigating agency would probe the selection of beneficiaries, purchase and distribution of sheep and other all aspects from the day the schemes were launched.

The 22-year-old suspect from Alwar in Rajasthan created fake Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts on the name of IAS, IPS officers, MPs, MLAs and doctors.

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

Sources said Gopi and Habib were instrumental in bringing and shifting bribe amount to Shiva Balakrishna. During investigation it was found that Shiva Balakrishna had accumulated many properties in the name of the two persons. 

Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths caught the Tahsildar Shamirpet mandal red-handed when he demanded and accepted a bribe amount of Rs. 10 lakh through his driver to perform official duty

The action comes following complaints that he gave "illegal" layout permissions, but it needs to be verified and investigation is still continuing, the official added.

ACB teams are currently engaged in a significant search operation across various locations in the State, targeting residences, offices, and other establishments believed to be associated with the former HMDA Director, Shiva Balakrishna.

DM&HO Dr S. Prashanth demanded the bribe from K. Sravanthi, outsourcing employee at the Obulakeshavapur primary health centre (PHC), to issue regular posting orders to work at Raghunathpalli and to process her pending salary bills from September 2023.

She demanded and accepted Rs 3000 as bribe from the complainant K Mallikarjun Rao of Nachepalli in the district to clear a bill worth Rs 2.59 lakh related to a CC road work.

Ch.Uma Devi, Town Planning Supervisor, GHMC Circle 3A, LB Nagar and Laxman Yadav, Section Writer (outsourcing), Town Planning section allegedly demanded the bribe of Rs.1.50 lakh from a resident of Gurramguda village.

The officers were questioned over allegation of harassing and threatening a pub owner for bribe at the ACB office by senior officials. Their statements were recorded. On the other hand, the complainant pub owner too was questioned and his statement recorded.

TDP chief was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on September 9 in connection with the multi-crore skill development scam case.

It is seeking another five-day police custody to further question him in the Skill Development Corporation scam case.

The ACB registered a case against the Tahsilar, Manchireddy Mahender Reddy, and conducted searches at his house located at Hasthinapuram in Vanasthalipuram and found Rs. 2.07 crore in cash and documents pertaining to immovable properties valued at Rs. 4.56 crore.

Supreme Court lawyer Pramod Dubey represented Naidu while Additional Advocate General P Sudhakar Reddy and Special Public Prosecutor Y N Vivekananda represented the CID.

The two had demanded the bribe for correcting an error in the records of the farmer's land on Dharani portal. They would be produced before a special court for ACB cases in Karimnagar on Monday.

The CID is seeking former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s custody for five days in the skill development scam case saying that all those involved have to be examined thoroughly

After verification of the complaint, the bureau laid a trap on Saturday and caught the councilor red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs 30,000, the statement added.

The arguments which began around 6 a.m. were continuing for more than six hours. While the prosecution sought 15-day judicial custody of Naidu, the TDP leader's counsel opposed the same.

It further said that the bids were required to be invited through a competitive bidding process for the lease of defence land.