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An agriculture serviceman from Mominpet mandal successful Vikarabad territory was arrested connected Wednesday (September 24, 2025) by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for accepting a bribe of ₹50,000.
The officer, identified arsenic Bupathi Jaya Shankar, allegedly demanded ₹1 lakh from a complainant successful speech for issuing licences for complainant’s store to merchantability fertiliser, seeds and pesticides. He accepted ₹50,000 arsenic portion outgo erstwhile ACB officials from the Rangareddy portion laid a trap and apprehended him.
Officials said the bribe magnitude was recovered from him and helium was arrested earlier being sent to judicial remand. A lawsuit has been registered and further probe is underway.
Phone numbers to lodge complaints connected request for bribes
The ACB has urged the nationalist to study immoderate demands for bribes by authorities employees by dialling the toll-free fig 1064. Complaints tin besides beryllium lodged done WhatsApp astatine 9440446106, oregon via the bureau’s authoritative handles connected Facebook and X. Authorities assured that the individuality of complainants volition beryllium kept confidential.
