Telangana: Mulugu DEO, junior assistant caught taking bribe by ACB

The District Educational Officer (DEO) and a junior assistant were caught red-handed by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials while allegedly accepting a bribe at the DEO office in Mulugu

Mulugu: The District Educational Officer (DEO) and a junior assistant were caught red-handed by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials while allegedly accepting a bribe at the DEO office in Mulugu on Monday.

According to officials, the DEO, Gorla Panini, and junior assistant T Dilip Kumar Yadav, were trapped by the Warangal ACB unit when the junior assistant accepted a bribe of Rs.20,000 from a complainant. The duo had allegedly demanded Rs.15,000 and Rs.5,000 respectively for accepting the complainant’s joining report and allowing him to assume duties. The complainant, a teacher at Laxmipuram in Kannaigudem mandal, had been on sick leave.

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Both officials were arrested and will be produced before the Special Court for SPE and ACB Cases in Warangal, an official release stated.