Former Kadapa airport director gets three years in bribery case
A former Kadapa airport director has been sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment by a CBI court for demanding a bribe. The conviction follows a 2015 investigation where the official was caught accepting a payment to process pending bills.
Why it matters
This conviction serves as a deterrent against corruption among public servants in administrative and aviation roles.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh , has convicted and sentenced Mukundagiri Rangachari Srinivasan, the then Assistant General Manager (Air Traffic Management) and Officiating Airport Director of the Kadapa airport, to rigorous imprisonment for three years and a fine of ₹50,000, in a bribery case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation registered the case on July 24, 2015. It was alleged that Srinivasan, while functioning as Assistant General Manager (Air Traffic Management) and Officiating Airport Director at the Kadapa airport, abused his official position as a public servant and demanded a bribe of ₹50,000 from the complainant for processing pending bills early and for not initiating the process of blacklisting the complainant’s firm, a CBI release said.
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