A local court has convicted a former tehsildar for taking bribe.
Additional special judge for anti-corruption cases here today sentenced R Govardhanachary, posted in Kasipet mandal in Adilabad district of Telangana at the time of the offence, to a rigorous imprisonment of one year under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court also imposed fine of Rs 10,000 on him.
He had been trapped by Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 to issue proceedings for restoration of possession of a land.
