An Additional Assistant Engineer in Electricity Department working in neighbouring Ranga Reddy district of Telangana was today trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly taking Rs 20,000 as bribe.
V Ashok Kumar, working at the office of Assistant Engineer (Operations) at Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd in Vanasthalipuram Sub-station of the district, was caught by the ACB Officials at his office, while accepting the bribe amount of Rs 20,000 from a complainant, a Electrical Contractor for processing and forwarding his work order file.
The bribe amount was recovered from the note book which belongs to the Additional Assistant Engineer (kept in bag of his car), an ACB release said here adding no arrests have been made so far. The case is under investigation.
