Nampally, Jan 14: An inspector of the Endowments Department was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in connection with a bribery case. The accused officer was identified as Akavaram Kiran Kumar, attached to the office of the Assistant Commissioner, Hyderabad.
According to the ACB, following a complaint that the officer had demanded a bribe of Rs 1.50 lakh for doing an official favour, he was arrested.
Acting on the complaint, the ACB laid a trap and caught the officer while he was accepting a part payment of Rs 50,000 at the Commissioner of Endowments office.
The tainted bribe amount was recovered from the accused. He was arrested and produced before the special court for SPE and ACB cases at Nampally.
The details of the complainant have been withheld for security reasons
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