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Telangana: Engineer caught taking Rs 1.37 lakh bribe

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
A deputy Executive Engineer in Irrigation Department in Nalgonda district of Telangana was arrested by the sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau today for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 1.37 lakh for extending an official favour.

M Manik Prabhu was caught at Saidabad here when he was accepting Rs 1,37,500 from a complainant for processing the passed bills of Rs 25 Lakh and for processing pending bills worth Rs 7 lakh, an ACB release stated.

According to ACB, the engineer is being arrested and further probe is on.

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First Published: Feb 10 2016 | 8:02 PM IST

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