Andhra Pradesh: ACB official caught red handed while accepting bribe

Machilipatnam, Jul 31: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials caught Nuzvid Sub-Registrar R V Dharmalingeswara Rao red handed while he accepted a bribe of Rs 20,000 in his office at Nuzvid in Krishna district today, official sources said.

ACB DSP V Gopalakrishna told PTI that the sub-registrar demanded Rs 30,000 for registration documents of Rohini Industries, after which its representative agreed to pay Rs 20,000.

Today, the industry representative K Siva Sai paid Rs 20,000 through the sub-registrar's attender Narayana.

ACB officials caught Sub-Registrar Dharmalingeswara Rao and his attender Narayana red handed while accepting the bribe and arrested them, he said.

PTI