Telangana: school head mistress caught while taking bribe

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Aug 05 2014 | 7:24 PM IST
Two government officials, including a school head mistress, were today arrested by the Telangana anti-corruption bureau in separate cases for allegedly taking bribe.
The head-mistress of a zilla parishad high school in Bhanswada in Nizamabad district was caught red-handed by ACB officials in her office when she accepted Rs 5,000 as bribe from a person for "doing official favour", an ACB release said here.
In another case, an assistant engineer with The Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana in Kodel mandal of Mahabubnagar was caught while taking Rs 5,000 from a complainant.
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First Published: Aug 05 2014 | 7:24 PM IST

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