The Hindu·1 min read
RWS engineer jailed in trap case
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Court in Rajamahendravaram on Tuesday (September 22, 2026) sentenced Deputy Executive Engineer (Dy.EE) G. Ananda Babu, of the Rural Water Supply (RWS) and Sanitation Department of the Bhimavaram sub-division, to one year of simple imprisonment in a trap case.
The ACB officials trapped Ananda Babu in the West Godavari district while he was accepting a ₹20,000 bribe for doing an official favor in 2011. The accused is now working as a Dy. EE in the RWS Engineer-in-Chief’s office at Mangalagiri, the ACB officials stated in a release.
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