Hyderabad: A Sub-Inspector of Police attached to Keesara Police Station in the Malkajgiri Commissionerate was caught red-handed by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Monday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh to expedite investigations and ensure the immediate filing of charge sheets in two criminal cases.
According to ACB, The accused officer, identified as Kondareddy Srinivas, was trapped by the ACB's City Range-II team while accepting the bribe. According to ACB officials, he had demanded the money from the complainant, who is an accused in both cases, in exchange for expediting the investigations and filing the charge sheets.
The ACB officials recovered the tainted amount of Rs 2 lakh from his possession. The bureau stated that Srinivas had abused his official position and performed his public duties improperly and dishonestly to obtain undue advantage.
He was produced before the I Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases at Nampally and remanded to judicial custody. The case is under investigation.