Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a Grama Palana Officer (GPO) in Mancherial district on Thursday, October 29, for allegedly accepting a Rs 22,000 bribe to process a revenue record correction.
The accused, D. Srinivas, worked as the Grama Palana Officer of Mosam village. Officials from the ACB’s Adilabad Range caught him during a trap operation at his office. According to the ACB, Srinivas demanded the money from a complainant in exchange for submitting a report to higher authorities.
The report concerned a correction to the complainant’s father’s name in revenue records. The correction was necessary for the complainant and his brother to claim succession to agricultural land.
Mancherial GPO arrested for bribery after ACB trap
The ACB said Srinivas allegedly sought Rs 22,000 to forward the required report to senior authorities. The complainant needed the correction to establish succession rights over agricultural land along with his brother.
During the trap proceedings, the officer allegedly accepted the demanded amount at his office. ACB personnel subsequently recovered the tainted money from his possession. The agency identified the accused as D. Srinivas, the Grama Palana Officer serving Mosam village in Mancherial district.
Accused officer to face ACB court in Karimnagar
Following the trap, ACB officials arrested Srinivas and initiated further proceedings in the bribery case. The agency said it would produce the accused before the Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases in Karimnagar.
Officials sought judicial remand as part of the legal proceedings following his arrest. Meanwhile, the ACB continued its investigation into the alleged demand and acceptance of illegal gratification.
The agency withheld the complainant’s identity for security reasons. The case concerned the alleged demand for money to submit a revenue correction report, rather than the correction itself.
TRAP CASE – ADILABAD RANGE
D. Srinivas, Grama Palana Officer(GPO), Mosam Village , Mancherial Dist. was caught by ACB, Adilabad Range when he demanded and accepted bribe amount of Rs.22000.
(Full details are in Press Note) https://t.co/NLuNgUPUhG
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