Overview
- ACB officers in Mumbai arrested a MHADA engineer who was caught accepting a Rs 40,000 first instalment from a complainant.
- The engineer had allegedly demanded Rs 4 lakh to avoid action over an unauthorised structure and agreed to Rs 2 lakh in instalments after negotiations.
- A case has been registered against the Mumbai official under the Prevention of Corruption Act, according to ACB and PTI reports.
- In Nalgonda, ACB apprehended Tahsildar Guguloth Krishna and intermediary Gattu Ramesh for allegedly taking Rs 2 lakh to expedite land mutation and a survey report.
- The Telangana accused were produced before the IInd Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases at Nampally, and further investigation is underway.