Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested Bhainsa in-charge municipal commissioner Jadhav Santhosh after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000. He had allegedly demanded the money to release pending payment to a contractor for civil works executed in the municipality.
Santhosh, who serves as a Deputy Executive Engineer (DEE) and in-charge municipal commissioner of Bhainsa Municipality in Nirmal district, allegedly sought the bribe in exchange for issuing a cheque towards the contractor’s pending bill of Rs 2,63,128.
According to the ACB, the officer had earlier accepted a bribe of Rs 10,000 on October 26 and released a cheque for `6.40 lakh. Subsequently, he allegedly demanded another Rs 50,000 to clear the remaining payment of Rs 2,63,128.
Acting on the contractor’s complaint, ACB officials from the Adilabad range caught the officer while accepting the bribe and the tainted amount was recovered from the dashboard of his car. Chemical tests conducted on the dashboard swabs yielded positive results, according to the ACB.
The accused officer has been arrested and is being produced before the Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases in Karimnagar for judicial remand. The case is under investigation.
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