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Fire dept officer held for accepting bribe of Rs 70,000

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested an assistant Fire Officer in Kurnool district after he was caught allegedly taking bribe of Rs 70,000 today.

"G Ramana was caught red-handed by ACB Officials at his office, when he demanded and accepted an amount of Rs 70,000 as bribe from a complainant, for doing an official favour of getting issued an occupancy NOC from his department and deliver it to the complainant," ACB said in a release.

The accused officer was placed under arrest after the agency recovered the bribe amount from him, according to the release.

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First Published: Mar 05 2014 | 6:43 PM IST

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