: Assets worth Rs 2.25 crore allegedly belonging to an official working in the transport office have been unearthed, anti-corruption bureau sleuths said Thursday.
On Wednesday, A Praveen Kumar was caught in his office in Vikarabad district of Telangana, when he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 10,000, the sleuths said.
The money was accepted through his two private agents from the complainant for doing an official favour and the trio was arrested, they said.
On information, a case of disproportionate assets was registered.
The sleuths had conducted a search at Kumar's house and cash to the tune of Rs 45 lakh, gold ornaments weighing 310 gm besides documents of immovable properties, all worth about Rs 2.25 crore, were unearthed, a senior official of the bureau, they said.
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