ACB nabs four irrigation officials

Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested four officials from the Telangana Irrigation Department after they were caught accepting a bribe. The Superintendent Engineer, North Tanks Division, Gandipet, and Surveyor of Gandipet from the Mandal Revenue Office (MRO) are among the four officials who were caught.

The Irrigation Department officials who were arrested by the ACB have been identified as K Bhansi Lal, executive engineer, K Karthik, assistant engineer; H Nikesh Kumar, assistant engineer; and P Ganesh, Surveyor, MRO office Gandipet, initially demanded a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh from the complainant to forward a No Objection Certificate (NOC) file for the construction of a building.

According to the ACB, the officials had already reportedly sought and accepted a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh in advance. The bribe amount of Rs 65,000 was

recovered from Bhansi Lal, and the remaining Rs 35,000 was in the possession of Nikhesh Kumar.

The officials arrested the four accused Irrigation Department officers and

produced them before the Principal Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases, Nampally, Hyderabad.