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Two Moinabad Municipality Officials Held in Rs 75,000 Bribery Trap
Two officials in Moinabad Municipality were accused of asking for a bribe.
The alleged bribe was Rs 75,000.
The money was connected to a construction-related issue.
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau said one official demanded the money.
The demand was allegedly made in exchange for not taking action against the construction.
The second official allegedly received the money.
Investigators caught the officials during a trap operation on September 30.
They were taken into custody and produced for judicial remand.
The investigation is still continuing.
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau allegedly caught two Moinabad Municipality officials in a bribery case.
The officials were identified as Town Planning Officer Gundu Vani and Senior Assistant Yelamoni Sudarshan.
The alleged bribe involved Rs 75,000 linked to a construction-related matter.
The bureau said Vani demanded the money to avoid coercive action against allegedly illegal construction.
The money was allegedly accepted through Sudarshan, who was caught with the cash on September 30.
- Who
- Gundu Vani, Moinabad Municipality’s Town Planning Officer, and Yelamoni Sudarshan, a Senior Assistant on deputation.
- What
- They were allegedly caught demanding and accepting a Rs 75,000 bribe in a construction-related matter.
- Where
- Moinabad Municipality in Telangana; the accused were to be produced before the Additional Special Judge at Nampally.
- When
- September 30; the year was not specified.
- Why
- The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau alleged that the money was sought to avoid coercive action against construction treated as illegal.
Key facts
- Alleged bribe
- Rs 75,000
- Investigating agency
- Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Trap date
- September 30
- First accused
- Gundu Vani, Town Planning Officer
- Second accused
- Yelamoni Sudarshan, Senior Assistant on deputation
- Alleged purpose
- Avoiding coercive action over construction treated as illegal
- Case status
- The accused were taken into custody, and the investigation remains ongoing
Sources
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