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The ACB Special Court, Kurnool, connected Friday sentenced retired Panchayat Raj Assistant Engineer (AE) Bandaru Chinna Pullaiah to 7 years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for accepting a ₹20,000 bribe from a idiosyncratic successful October 2018.
The accused, portion serving arsenic Assistant Engineer successful Amadagur mandal of Anantapur district, had allegedly demanded ₹30,000 for processing bills related to a CC roadworthy laid by the complainant.
Chinna Pullaiah initially accepted ₹10,000 and aboriginal demanded the remaining magnitude for forwarding the bills to higher authorities. He retired from work successful 2020.
The ACB Special Court besides imposed a good of ₹2 lakh and directed that the magnitude beryllium paid to the complainant arsenic compensation, ACB officials said successful a merchandise connected Friday.
