Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested two revenue officials in Siddipet district after catching them red-handed while accepting a ₹20,000 bribe for a digital land survey.
ACB DSP Sudarshan identified the accused as Mandal Surveyor Srinivas and trainee surveyor Gouri Sharath Kumar Goud. A local farmer had applied to survey his 1.25-acre land, and Srinivas demanded ₹20,000 to process the request.
Bribe demand triggers ACB operation
The farmer reported the demand to the ACB office on November 26. Officials verified the allegation through a preliminary probe.
Following the plan, the farmer called Srinivas on Wednesday to confirm payment. Srinivas, who was near an Indian petrol pump at the time, asked him to come there.
Trainee caught with marked currency
At the spot, Srinivas told the farmer to give the money to trainee surveyor Gouri Sharath Kumar. As the farmer handed over the cash, ACB personnel stepped in and arrested Kumar on the spot.
Officials detained and remanded
Authorities took both officials to the local tahsildar office for questioning. DSP Sudarshan urged citizens to report any bribery incidents directly to the ACB.
He confirmed that the department formally arrested both accused and presented them before a magistrate, who remanded them to judicial custody.
Srinivas, Mandal Surveyor and Guduri Sharath Kumar Goud, A private Survey Trainee, O/o the Tahsildar of Yeldurthy Mandal in Medak District was caught by Telangana #ACB Officials for demanding and accepting the #bribe of Rs.20,000/- from the Complainant, “to conduct survey and to… pic.twitter.com/InAj5VcKDm
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