Overview

• ACB Karimnagar unit trapped a Grade-I panchayat secretary in Challur after he accepted ₹20,000 to allot a house number for a newly built home.
• The tainted cash was recovered and the accused was produced before the Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases in Karimnagar, with the probe continuing.
• Villagers in Challur celebrated the arrest by bursting firecrackers at the gram panchayat office, citing repeated bribe demands.
• Separate surprise checks at the SC Girls Hostel in Ramannapet and the Social Welfare Residential School and Junior College for Boys in Narayanpet found irregularities slated for a report to the state government.
• ACB teams included food, sanitation, legal metrology and audit personnel during the inspections, and the bureau urged complaints via 1064, WhatsApp and social media with identities kept confidential.