Tahsildar among 4 govt officials trapped for accepting bribe

Hyderabad: A tahsildar was among four government officials who were trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in separate cases in Telangana for allegedly taking bribe.

C Murali Krishna, tahsildar of Balanagar mandal of Mahabubnagar district was caught at his office on Thursday along with K Shiva Ramulu, village revenue officer while accepting bribe amount of Rs 25,000 from a complainant for doing an official favour, an ACB release said in Hyderabad on Thursday.

In another case, K Jaipal Reddy, assistant district fire officer in Karimnagar town was caught red handed in his office chambers while accepting the bribe of Rs 60,000 from a complainant to process the fire safety license renewal file of his hospital.

In another case, S Ravinder, junior assistant (outsourcing), Telangana State Housing Board was caught red handed at his office here while accepting bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant to process the file pertaining to the house allotted by the Housing Board to his mother.

No arrests have been made in these cases. All the cases are under investigation, the release added.

Source:PTI