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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths connected Thursday arrested a Sub-Inspector (SI) of constabulary posted astatine the KUC constabulary presumption nether the Warangal commissionerate for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹15,000, officials said.
According to the ACB, the accused officer, identified arsenic P. Srikanth, was trapped astatine astir 5.50 p.m. on with his backstage driver, Md. Nazeer of Warangal district, who acted arsenic an intermediary. The bribe magnitude was reportedly demanded from a complainant for issuing a notice, facilitating the aboriginal filing of a complaint sheet, and securing the merchandise of seized vehicles and mobile phones.
Officials said the bribe was accepted done the backstage idiosyncratic astatine KU junction successful Warangal. The tainted magnitude of ₹15,000 was aboriginal recovered Md. Nazeer.
Both the accused were arrested and volition beryllium produced earlier the peculiar tribunal SPE and ACB cases successful Warangal. Further probe is underway, and the individuality of the complainant has been withheld for information reasons.
The ACB reiterated that those facing immoderate request for bribes by nationalist servants tin interaction the bureau done its toll-free fig 1064. Complaints tin besides beryllium made done the ACB’s authoritative societal media platforms, including WhatsApp and X. Officials said the individuality of complainants would beryllium kept confidential.
