Peddapally irrigation officials held over Rs 20,000 bribe

Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a superintendent, Dumpala Sridhar Babu, and a senior assistant, Mahadevuni Suresh, both posted at the office of the executive engineer, irrigation division-6, Sulthanabad, Peddapally, on the charges of taking a bribe of Rs 20,000.

The duo was caught red-handed while accepting



the bribe from a complainant in lieu of getting a pending Half Pay Leave bill cleared for 88 days.

After a complaint, the Telangana ACB carried out the operation, arresting the officials in the process of taking the bribe. A case has been filed, and further investigation is underway to investigate any other cases of corruption.