Mahabubabad collectorate official caught on camera taking bribe

The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a senior drafting officer in the survey and land records office in the Mahabubabab district collectorate on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 in exchange for granting official favours.

The accused official, identified as Jyothi Sharma was caught on camera accepting the bribe on Thursday,



November 21.

The previous day, two officers at the commercial tax department, Malakpet 2 Circle, were arrested by the Telangana ACB for demanding a bribe of Rs 1 lakh but later settling for Rs 50,000. The official, K Soma Shekar, an assistant commercial tax officer, was caught red-handed by the ACB for receiving the bribe money on behalf of Mahaboob Basha.