The raid was
conducted following a complaint by the contractor Jagannatha Reddy, who was
reportedly asked to pay a bribe of Rs 75,000 to release the amount for pending
bills of the animal feed that he had supplied. By Gopi Ravi(54), Who is Assistant
warden of forests (ACF) with a service of 25 years The contractors are supposed
to present the EMD and FSD while taking up works. This will be released after
execution of the works complying with the procedures and standards,” the ACB
DSP V. Ravi Kumar told. The EMD and FSD to be released amounted to nearly one
lakh rupees but the curator urged the contractor to pay him Rs. 75,000. “Actually,
the curator earlier demanded 12 per cent of Rs. 11.71 lakh he had released to
the contractor for some works already executed,” the DSP said. Reminding Mr.
Reddy that he had not paid the bribe earlier, the curator told him that he
wouldn’t release the EMD and FSD unless he was paid the 12 per cent of
commission relating to earlier released money. Ravi agreed to bring down the
bribe to `75,000 against his earlier demanded Rs 1.5 lakh. We caught red handed
while accepting the bribe,
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