ACB nabs Bhainsa municipal official while taking ₹50,000 bribe

HYDERABAD A Deputy Executive Engineer, who was also serving as the in-charge Municipal Commissioner of Bhainsa Municipality in Nirmal district, was caught red-handed by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹50,000 for releasing pending payments to a contractor. The accused officer, Jadhav Santhosh, was caught by ACB officials of the Adilabad Range when he allegedly accepted the bribe from a complainant in exchange for releasing a cheque towards pending payment of ₹2.63 lakh for civil works executed in Bhainsa Municipality.

According to the ACB, the officer had earlier accepted a bribe of ₹10,000 on October 26 and released a cheque for ₹6.40 lakh. Subsequently, he allegedly demanded another ₹50,000 to release the cheque towards the remaining payment of ₹2.63 lakh.

The tainted amount of ₹50,000 was recovered from the dashboard of the accused officer’s car. Swabs collected from the dashboard also tested positive in a chemical examination, the ACB said.