Hyderabad: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths have arrested three persons, including Keesara deputy tahsildar Amanaganti Sandeep Kumar Reddy, for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 2.5 lakh bribe from the complainant.
“When Balakrishna accepted a part payment of Rs 2.5 lakh from the complainant at the Keesara tahsildar office, our team caught him.
All three accused have been arrested, and they will be produced before the ACB special court in Nampally for judicial remand,” an ACB Rangareddy range officer said. Apart from Keesara deputy tahsildarAmanaganti Sandeep Kumar Reddy, the other arrested persons included village revenue officer (VRO) Nannuri Vijay Kumar Reddy, who works at the tahsildar office, and their associate Kavali Balakrishna. Acting on the deputy tahsildar’s instructions, the VRO asked Balakrishna to collect the alleged bribe. The team recovered the tainted bribe amount from Balakrishna.
The deputy tahsildar had demanded Rs 5 lakh from the complainant to process the application to remove the complainant’s mother and other family members’ agricultural land from the Prohibited List under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908, according to ACB.