Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Three Arrested in Hyderabad Over Alleged Physiotherapy Centre Bribe
Three people were arrested in Hyderabad in a case involving an alleged bribe.
They include a district health officer, a health inspector and a private driver.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau says the driver was told to ask for Rs 2 lakh.
The driver allegedly took Rs 1 lakh from a person who had complained.
The money was linked to a physiotherapy centre whose keys had been seized.
Investigators say it was also meant to help the centre avoid further action and get a new licence.
The ACB said it recovered the money and caught the accused in a trap.
Reports differ on whether the accused were still due in court or had already been remanded.
The case remains under investigation.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested a District Medical and Health Officer, a health inspector and a private driver in Hyderabad on Monday.
The ACB alleges that the officials instructed the driver to demand Rs 2 lakh from a complainant.
The driver allegedly collected Rs 1 lakh as the first instalment in an ACB trap.
The alleged payment concerned returning keys to a seized physiotherapy centre, avoiding further action and obtaining a new licence.
The ACB said it recovered the money; one report says the accused were produced in court and remanded, while another says they were to be produced.
- Who
- Ranga Reddy District Medical and Health Officer Swarna Kumari, Health Inspector M Srinivas and private driver Madduri Krishnaiah were arrested.
- What
- The three were arrested over an alleged Rs 1 lakh bribe, part of a Rs 2 lakh demand, according to the ACB.
- When
- Monday; the articles do not specify the date.
- Where
- Hyderabad; the health officials worked at the District Medical and Health Officer's office in Ranga Reddy district.
- Why
- The alleged payment was for returning keys to a seized physiotherapy centre, not taking further action against it and issuing a new licence.
- Arrested
- Three people: Swarna Kumari, M Srinivas and Madduri Krishnaiah
- Agency
- Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)
- Alleged total demand
- Rs 2 lakh
- Alleged payment collected
- Rs 1 lakh, described as the first instalment
- Alleged intermediary
- Madduri Krishnaiah, a private driver of the health inspector
- ACB evidence reported
- The money was recovered; one report says the currency notes tested positive in a chemical test.
- Court status
- One report says the accused were produced and remanded in judicial custody; another says they were to be produced.
- Case status
- Under investigation
