ACB arrest 3 Narayanpet cops, 2 Bhadradri Kothagudem forest officials for taking bribes

Hyderabad: Three police officials—an inspector and two police constables—in Narayanpet district of Telangana were caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.

The accused officers were identified as Makthal CI G Chandrasekhar and two constables Shiva Reddy and Narasimha.

They allegedly accepted the bribe from the complainant in exchange for an official favour: reducing the severity of the charges while filing a chargesheet against him in a rape case registered at Makthal police station, according to a release from the ACB.

The bribe amount was recovered from one of the constables, the ACB said.

The accused officials had improperly and dishonestly performed their duties to obtain an undue advantage, the ACB said and added that the case is under investigation.

Two from forest department held while taking bribe

Meanwhile, in another incident, a forest range officer and a forest beat officer in Bhadradri Kothagudem district were caught by ACB officials for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 30,000 bribe from the complainant.

The accused officers were identified as Uday Kumar, forest range officer, Komararam Range and Nunavath Harilal, forest beat officer, Yellandu Division of the same range in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

They accepted the bribe in exchange for permitting the transportation of gravel for road construction, according to a release. The bribe amount was recovered from the accused, the release said and added that further investigation is underway.