ACB traps Secretariat outsourcing employee, TSIDC senior assistant in CMRF case
The Anti-Corruption Bureau in Telangana arrested two government employees for accepting a bribe to process a medical reimbursement claim. The suspects were caught red-handed while facilitating payments under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing issues with bureaucratic corruption in public welfare schemes, impacting the delivery of essential services to citizens.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday caught an outsourcing employee at the Telangana Secretariat and a senior assistant of the Telangana State Industrial Development Corporation (TSIDC) while accepting a ₹1 lakh bribe in connection with processing a medical reimbursement claim under the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) scheme.
The accused were Anandeshi Raghavender, outsourcing employee at the Secretariat, and Medi Vinod, senior assistant at the TSIDC office at Parishrama Bhavan, Basheerbagh.
According to the ACB, the two demanded and accepted ₹1 lakh from the complainant for processing and facilitating medical reimbursement claims, including issuing a cheque for the ₹2 lakh sanctioned amount and processing the remaining reimbursement claim. The ACB said Raghavender had earlier demanded and accepted ₹5,000 from the complainant through Vinod by way of a PhonePe transaction.
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