Hyderabad (Telangana): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a sub-inspector and a constable posted at Gandhi Nagar red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 30,000. The bureau officials took the duo into custody on Wednesday.
"On 28.10.2020 at about 11:55 AM, as per the instructions of Mellacheruvu Laxminarayana, sub-inspector of police, Gandhi Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad, police constable Nimmala Naresh (No. 30166), Gandhi Nagar Police Station, Hyderabad demanded and accepted a bribe amount of Rs.30,000 near Gandhi Nagar Police Station from a complainant M Santhosh Reddy, resident of Habsiguda, and was caught red-handed by ACB officials," ACB said in an official release.
"The bribe was demanded and accepted for doing an official favour, i.e., to abstain from registering similar cases against the complainant and to do a favour in the investigation of the case vide Cr.No.240/2020 of Police Station Gandhi Nagar," it added.
The accused officers M Laxminarayana, sub-inspector and N Naresh, police constable Gandhi Nagar Police Station performed their duty improperly and dishonestly to obtain an undue advantage.
The accused officers were arrested and produced before the honourable special judge for SPE and ACB Cases. The case is under investigation.
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(ANI)
