Moinabad town planning officer, senior assistant caught in ₹75,000 bribery case
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a Town Planning Officer and a senior assistant in Moinabad for accepting a bribe of ₹75,000. The officials allegedly demanded the money to avoid taking coercive action against a construction project.
Why it matters
This incident highlights ongoing issues with municipal corruption and the enforcement of anti-bribery laws in local government administration.
A Town Planning Officer and a senior assistant of Moinabad Municipality were caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a ₹75,000 bribe to refrain from taking coercive action against a construction.
The accused were identified as Gundu Vani, Town Planning Officer, and Yelamoni Sudarshan, a former panchayat secretary of Moinabad gram panchayat, who is presently working on deputation as senior assistant in the municipality.
According to the ACB, Vani allegedly demanded and accepted ₹75,000 from the complainant through Sudarshan in return for the official favour.
Officials of the ACB’s City Range-2 caught the two during a trap on September 30. The bribe amount of ₹75,000 was recovered from Sudarshan’s possession at his instance, the agency said.
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