Two Andhra govt employees held for bribery

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : May 08 2013 | 7:20 PM IST
Two Andhra Pradesh government employees were arrested for accepting bribes, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said today.
Malavath Lachmya, Surveyor in the Office of Tahsildar at Maheswaram mandal in Ranga Reddy district, was caught red-handed by sleuths when he was accepting Rs 25,000 from a complainant at his residence last night, an ACB release said.
Lachmya had sought illegal gratification for conducting survey of the complainant's land located at Kolla Padagal.
In another case, P Kiran Kumar, Assistant Engineer of Rural Water Scheme, Nizamabad mandal, was trapped by ACB when he was accepting Rs 5,000 from a complainant at his residence yesterday, the release said.
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First Published: May 08 2013 | 7:20 PM IST

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