Hyderabad: The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught Mirchowk PS Inspector M. Kondal Rao and Home Guard Abid Ali for allegedly demanded an amount of Rs. 6 lakh bribe and accepted of Rs. 3 lakh as part payment of bribe on Tuesday.
According to the ACB, the inspector sought the money from a complainant to close a case against the complainant’s father, avoid coercive action and extend future support. The part payment was allegedly routed through Ali, from whom the tainted Rs. 3 lakh was recovered.
The bureau alleged that the inspector and the home guard had acted dishonestly to obtain undue advantage by misusing their official positions.
Both officials are arrested and produced before the Principal Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases at Nampally for judicial remand. The case is under investigation.