Village Revenue Officer Arrested on Graft Charges in AP
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday evening arrested a village revenue officer in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a farmer, officials said.
Machilipatnam (AP), Dec 18 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday evening arrested a village revenue officer in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a farmer, officials said.
ACB Deputy Superintendent of Police T Kanaka Raju said P Jayakrishna of the Tiruvur Tehsildar office had demanded Rs 16,000 as bribe for processing pattadar passbooks from K Chandramouliswara Rao.
Later the farmer approached ACB officials and lodged a complaint.
Based on the complaint, ACB officials arrested Jayakrishna while he was accepting the in his office, the officials said.
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