A Deputy Executive Engineer and an Assistant Engineer working for the Srikakulam Municipality were caught red handed accepting a bribe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), official sources said here today.
According to Srikakulam's Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB), deputy executive engineer Venkata Ramana and assistant engineer Manohara Rao working in the water department of the Srikakulam Municipality demanded Rs 10,000 from one Adinarayana Reddy who wanted a tap connection.
Reddy informed the ACB which laid a trap and caught the two engineers accepting the bribe.
Manohara Rao received the amount of Rs 9,000 from complainant Adinarayana Reddy and he gave the amount to Venkata Ramana who kept it in his pocket.
They were will be produced before the Special Court for ACB cases at Visakhapatnam tomorrow, ACB sources said.
