Wanaparthy agriculture officer caught taking ₹10,000 bribe

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths arrested the District Agriculture Officer of Wanaparthy territory connected Friday (December 19) portion taking bribe from a complainant successful instrumentality for extending an authoritative favour related to the proviso of fertiliser.

The accused officer, identified arsenic Puppala Anjaneyulu Goud, was trapped by the Mahabubnagar Range portion of the ACB portion accepting a portion of the bribe amount. Investigation revealed that the serviceman had demanded a bribe of ₹20,000 connected October 23, 2025, to guarantee regular proviso of fertiliser (urea) to the complainant without immoderate interruption.

Investigators said that the serviceman had already accepted ₹3,000 connected October 28, 2025, arsenic portion of the demanded amount, and was caught portion receiving different ₹10,000 connected Friday. The bribe magnitude was recovered from his possession.

Following his arrest, helium was produced earlier the peculiar tribunal for SPE and ACB cases astatine Nampally successful Hyderabad. The lawsuit is presently nether investigation.

In a nationalist advisory, the ACB reiterated that citizens facing demands for bribes from nationalist servants tin interaction its toll-free fig 1064 to study specified incidents. The bureau assured that the individuality of complainants would beryllium kept confidential.