Assistant engineer caught red-handed while accepting bribe in Telangana

Mancherial (Telangana) [India], August 10 : The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) of Hyderabad unit on Friday caught an assistant engineer red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000, officials said.
The accused is an assistant engineer in irrigation and command area development department in Chennur, they said.
According to officials, the accused assistant engineer, identified as Jadi Chethan (27) allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a contractor as a reward in respect of discharging his official duty.
"For having submitted MB pertaining to Ernest Money Deposit (EMD) & Fixed Security Deposit (FSD) for total amount of Rs.79,123/- in connection with work of restoration of Salekunta near Dugnepalli(v), Chennur(M), Mancherial Dist executed by the complainant under the Mission Kakateeya Programme(Phase-IV)during the year 2016-17," the ACB said in a release.
The contractor, identified as Bomma Chandra Shekar Reddy, approached the ACB and lodged a complaint against the assistant engineer. The complaint was verified and accordingly, a trap was laid, and assistant engineer was caught red-handed accepting the brief of Rs 5000 from the contractor.
The tainted bribe amount was recovered from the possession of the engineer at his instance and the fingers of both his hands yielded positive results in the chemical test, the ACB said.
The accused officer was arrested and produced before a court on Friday. The case is under investigation, officials said.