Hyderabad: ACB arrests Keesara SI for accepting Rs 2 lakh bribe
Hyderabad, Nov 9 (TNT): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Monday arrested a Sub-Inspector of Police attached to Keesara Police Station in Malkajgiri Commissionerate for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh for extending an official favour.
The accused officer Kondareddy Srinivas, was caught red-handed by the ACB City Range-II officials when he accepted the bribe from a complainant for expediting the investigation and immediately filing charge sheets in two criminal cases registered against the complainant at Keesara Police Station, the agency said in a release.
The ACB officials recovered the entire tainted amount of Rs 2 lakh from the possession of the accused officer at his instance.
The officer allegedly abused his official position and performed his public duty improperly and dishonestly to obtain undue advantage.
The accused was arrested and produced before the I Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases at Nampally for judicial remand.
The case is under investigation.
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