Archive · 23 Sep 2026
RWS Deputy Engineer Sentenced One Year in Bribery Case
A government engineer was found guilty in a bribery case.
A contractor wanted money returned after finishing eight construction projects.
The engineer allegedly asked the contractor for ₹20,000 to process the paperwork.
The contractor reported this to anti-corruption officials.
Officials caught the engineer accepting the money on November 4, 2011.
The court in Rajamahendravaram sentenced him to one year in prison.
He must also pay a ₹5,000 fine, or serve two more months in jail.
The anti-corruption agency filed its formal case papers in 2014.
A Rajamahendravaram court sentenced RWS deputy executive engineer Gunja Ananda Babu to one year in jail.
The court also imposed a fine of ₹5,000, with two additional months in jail for nonpayment.
Ananda Babu allegedly demanded ₹20,000 from contractor Dasari Srinivas to process deposit-release applications.
ACB officials trapped and arrested him on November 4, 2011, while he was accepting the bribe.
The ACB filed a chargesheet in 2014; Ananda Babu currently works at the chief engineer’s office in Mangalagiri.
- Who
- RWS deputy executive engineer Gunja Ananda Babu and contractor Dasari Srinivas were involved.
- What
- Ananda Babu was sentenced to one year in jail and fined ₹5,000 in a bribery case.
- When
- The bribe trap occurred on November 4, 2011; the chargesheet was filed in 2014.
- Where
- The case was heard by the Special Judge for ACB cases at Rajamahendravaram; the alleged offence involved the Bhimavaram RWS and Sanitation sub-division.
- Why
- He allegedly demanded ₹20,000 to process and forward applications seeking release of contract deposits.
- Convict
- Gunja Ananda Babu, RWS deputy executive engineer
- Sentence
- One year in jail
- Fine
- ₹5,000
- Additional punishment
- Two more months in jail if the fine is not paid
- Alleged bribe
- ₹20,000
- Trap date
- November 4, 2011
- Chargesheet
- Filed by the ACB in 2014