ACB arrests panchayat officer for accepting bribe of Rs 7,000

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Press Trust of India Machilipatnam(AP)
Last Updated : Jan 18 2018 | 3:40 PM IST
The Anti-Corrupation Bureau (ACB) today arrested a panchayat officer for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a house owner.
ACB Deputy Superintendent of Police SVV Prasad Rao told PTI that Panchayat Executive Officer E Hanuman Goud of Pammaru in Krishna district had demanded Rs.7,000 for a new tap connection from a house owner, K Subrahmanyam.
"Subrahmanyam approached ACB Officials and filed a complaint in this connection. Based on the complaint, a trap was laid by the ACB and Goud was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs.7,000 in his office," he said.
He said that a typist in the office, B Nagaallewari , was also arrested as the money was received by the typist. Further investigations are on, the ACB official added.

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First Published: Jan 18 2018 | 3:40 PM IST

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