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Official arrested while accepting a bribe in Krishna district

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Press Trust of India Machilipatnam
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials arrested Housing Assistant Engineer K Ganeswara Rao while he accepted a Rs 10,000 bribe in his office at Koduru in Krishna district today, official sources said.

ACB DSP V Gopalakrishna told PTI that the official had allegedly demanded Rs 12,000 to sanction the housing bill amount to a beneficiary.

Later, the beneficiary's son agreed to pay the amount and approached the ACB which caught the official red-handed after which he was arrested.

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First Published: Jun 11 2015 | 7:22 PM IST

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