TSSPDCL Assistant Engineer in ACB net

ACB caught an TSSPDCL Assistant Engineer (Operations), Kowde Pavidida Raju, working at Erragadda section for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs.40,000 from a complainant.

Hyderabad: Kowde Pavidida Raju, an Assistant Engineer (AE) (Operations) in TSSPDCL in Erragadda section, was caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here on Saturday near the Balanagar metro station for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs.40,000 from a complainant Mohammed Azhar Sultan of Netaji Nagar in Erragadda.

Of the Rs.40,000, Raju allegedly accepted Rs.30,000 from Sultan. He reportedly demanded the bribe for not taking any action against a defect found in the electricity meter of the complainant.

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The ACB officials recovered the money from Raju and produced him before the special court for ACB cases after which the court remanded him in judicial custody.