Telangana: Dharmapuri Municipal Commissioner nabbed while accepting Rs 20,000 bribe

Complainant Paidipalli Mahesh, who used to get his salary regularly earlier, was not paid for the last six months; Commissioner Srinivas allegedly demanded Rs 30,000 as bribe to release his salary

Jagtial: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday caught Dharmapuri Municipal Commissioner Kandula Srinivas while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from an outsourced employee.

According to the ACB, complainant Paidipalli Mahesh was working in the Urban Environment Engineering Department on an outsourcing basis.

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Mahesh, who used to get his salary regularly earlier, was not paid for the last six months. The Commissioner, Srinivas, allegedly demanded Rs 30,000 as bribe to release his salary.

Mahesh, who had already paid Srinivas Rs,10,000 for the same issue, approached the ACB, who nabbed Srinivas while accepting Rs 20,000.