Two GHMC staff land in ACB trap

Saroor Nagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Friday caught Tax Inspector M Ravi Prasad and Bill Collector J Pochaiah who are working in GHMC, Saroor Nagar Circle while accepting the bribe amount of Rs 80,000 from the complainant.

According to ACB sleuths, the complainant P Janardhan Rao, a resident of Chaitanyapuri Colony lodged a complaint by stating that both the accused demanded Rs 80,000 from him to reduce the hiked tax amount by conducting re-verification and to limit the hiked tax for only a year instead of 3 years.

On receipt of complaint ACB sleuths laid a trap and caught both the accused while accepting the bribe amount at GHMC ward office in Saroor Nagar. The accused officers were being arrested and produced before the Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases in Hyderabad and the case was under investigation.