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ACB caught TGSPDCL Sub-Engineer accepting Rs 15,000 bribe

Hyderabad, Dec 9 (UNI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday caught a Sub-Engineer of the Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) red-handed while accepting Rs 15,000 bribe in Nagarkurnool district.
The accused officer, Yeddula Venkateshwarlu, Sub-Engineer (Operations) attached to the office of the Assistant Divisional Engineer, Kalwakurthy Sub-Division, and in-charge Assistant Engineer of Veldanda Section, was trapped at the complainant’s residence on the outskirts of Chokkannapally village in Veldanda mandal.
According to ACB statement, he had demanded Rs 20,000 and accepted Rs 15,000 as part payment for completing paperwork related to the installation of a transformer at the complainant’s house and for issuing an electricity meter in his name.
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