Bhainsa in-charge municipal commissioner arrested for allegedly taking bribe
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau caught the deputy executive engineer red-handed while he was receiving Rs 50,000 from a contractor.
The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Jadhav Santhosh, the deputy executive engineer and in-charge municipal commissioner of Bhainsa Municipality, on Tuesday. According to reports from Telangana Today, The Hindu and Siasat, Santhosh was caught in Nirmal district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.
The ACB officials of the Adilabad Range intercepted the officer as he received the money from a complainant. The bribe was allegedly demanded to sanction a pending payment of Rs 2.63 lakh for civil developmental works executed in the municipality.
The ACB stated that the officer had previously accepted a bribe of Rs 10,000 on October 26 to release a cheque of Rs 6.40 lakh. The recent demand for Rs 50,000 was linked to the release of the remaining Rs 2,63,128.
Officials recovered the Rs 50,000 from the dashboard of the accused officer's vehicle. Chemical tests on swabs taken from the dashboard also returned positive results.
ACB DSP G Madhu confirmed the arrest. Santhosh was produced before the Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases in Karimnagar and has been remanded to judicial custody. The investigation is ongoing.