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.
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.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday nabbed a MGNREGA employee allegedly while accepting a bribe of Rs.4,000 from a farmer in Raikal mandal on Tuesday.
