India News | Two Moinabad Municipality Officials Caught in Alleged Rs 75,000 Bribery Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau officials allegedly caught Moinabad Municipality Town Planning Officer Gundu Vani and Senior Assistant Yelamoni Sudarshan while accepting a Rs 75,000 bribe in connection with alleged action against a construction.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 1 (ANI): Two officials of the Moinabad Municipality in Telangana were allegedly caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 75,000 in connection with a construction-related matter, officials said.
According to the Telangana ACB, the trap was conducted by its City Range-2 officials on September 30 following a complaint regarding an alleged demand for bribe.
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The accused officers have been identified as Gundu Vani, Town Planning Officer of Moinabad Municipality, and Yelamoni Sudarshan, a former Panchayat Secretary of Moinabad Gram Panchayat who is presently working on deputation as a Senior Assistant in Moinabad Municipality.
The ACB alleged that Vani demanded Rs 75,000 from the complainant for an official favour, namely not taking coercive action against the complainant's construction by treating it as illegal.
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According to the bureau, the bribe amount was accepted through Sudarshan. The ACB officials caught the accused during the trap and recovered the Rs 75,000 from Sudarshan's possession at the instance of Vani.
The ACB alleged that the two accused officers had improperly and dishonestly performed their official duties to obtain an undue advantage.
Following the trap, Vani and Sudarshan were taken into custody and were being produced before the Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases at Nampally for judicial remand, according to the ACB.
The case remains under investigation. The identity and details of the complainant have been withheld by the ACB for security reasons.
The development comes amid continued action by the Telangana ACB against alleged bribery involving public servants. The bureau has urged members of the public to report demands for bribes by government officials through its designated complaint channels. (ANI)
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