Telangana ACB catches Legal Metrology Inspector with Rs 20K bribe

Hyderabad: A government officer and a private individual were arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a petrol bunk owner at LB Nagar in Hyderabad.

According to Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials, Inspector K Venkateswarlu, working in the Legal Metrology Department, demanded the bribe money for verifying certificates already issued and the handover of the petrol bunk’s daily sales register.

The other accused, Kasaram Ravinder, a petrol pump technician, allegedly collected the bribe on the inspector’s behalf. Of the total amount, Rs 15,000 was meant for Venkateswarlu, and the remainder for Ravinder, the ACB said.

Both accused were being produced before the Principal Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases at Nampally for judicial remand.