Hyderabad, Oct 19: An Assistant Engineer of the Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) was caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹ 1.2 lakh in Hyderabad for sanctioning six new electricity meters in place of the old missing meters.
Following the alleged bribe demand, the person who had applied for the meters approached the ACB.
The bureau arranged a trap operation and caught the officer allegedly accepting the bribe & recovered the Rs 1.2 lakh bribe cash, including chemically marked notes, at the instance.
Thus, the accused officer performed his duty improperly and dishonestly to obtain undue advantage,” the ACB said. The agency produced Rakesh the Principal Special Judge for SPE & ACB cases, Nampally, for judicial remand.
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