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Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) trapped Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) P. Gowtham and Works Inspector P. Santosh, who are moving successful the Mentada mandal engineering bureau of the Panchayat Raj section successful the Vizianagaram district, portion they were allegedly accepting a ₹1.20 lakh bribe from the complainant.
The accused reportedly demanded a ₹1.30 lakh bribe to wide the pending bills for the operation works taken up nether the Gram Panchayat General Funds and the 15th Finance Commission Fund.
The AEElater reduced the bribe magnitude to ₹1.20 lakh. Following a complaint, the ACB Vizianagaram officials registered a lawsuit against the 2 officers nether the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and caught them red-handed portion they were accepting the bribe astatine the DEE bureau successful Gajapathinagaram connected Saturday (March 28, 2026).
The accused AEE and the Works Inspector were arrested and would beryllium produced successful the ACB Court successful Visakhapatnam, the ACB officials said.
