A Deputy Director of Social Welfare department was today caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh here, an ACB officer said.
Perika Yadaiah (55) had allegedly sought Rs 1.50 lakh from a contractor to grant him the permission to supply vegetables to government-run hostels, ACB Dy SP T.Sudershan Goud said.
On the basis of the complaint, the ACB officials laid a trap and caught Yadaiah when he was taking Rs 1 lakh, at the residence of warden Shyamsunder in Ramnagar area.
Shyam Sunder (40) was also taken into custody for allegedly mediating the deal.
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