Anti-Corruption Bureau nabs officials for accepting bribes

Three policemen were among five government officials who were trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in different parts of Andhra Pradesh for allegedly accepting bribes.

A sub-inspector of police K Nagendra and police constable K Suresh attached to Lingampet police station of Nizambad district were caught red-handed by ACB officials on February 9 at the police station, when they demanded and accepted Rs 8000 as a bribe from a complainant for an official favour, an ACB release said here tonight.

Both the sub-inspector and police constable were arrested by the ACB, after the bribe amount was recovered from them.

In another case, ACB officials caught red-handed, the station house officer C Lachanna of Wankidi police station in Adilabad district today afternoon, when he demanded and accepted Rs 10,000 as a bribe for an official favour.

In a separate case, Mohammed Yunus Ali, an assistant engineer at Panchayat Raj department in Miryalaguda in Nalgonda district was caught red-handed by ACB officials this afternoon at his office, when he accepted an amount of Rs 4000 as a bribe from a complainant.

In yet another case, B Ravi, a village revenue officer in Kesarapalli village in Krishna district was trapped by ACB officials this evening when he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a complainant for an official favour, the ACB release said. All the cases are being investigated.

Two drug peddlers were arrested here and 10 grams of heroin and 295 grams of intoxicating powder seized from them, police said The arrests were made under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, they said. Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Parliamentary Secretary Prahlad Singh Gillankhera said the state government would spend over Rs 100 crore on village Gorakhpur in district Fatehabad to develop it as a model village.

He said with the setting up of a nuclear power plant at village Gorakhpur, new projects would be developed for the benefit of the people of the area, according to an official spokesman.

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