Telangana Official Raided After Audio Of Rs 1.12 Crore Bribe Demand
Medak Further Collector Gaddam Nagesh reportedly demanded a bribe of Rs 1.12 crore in money.
Hyderabad:
Twelve homes, together with the place of abode of a Telangana Further Collector who rose throughout the ranks from a tehsildar, were raided through the Anti-Corruption Bureau, ACB, in keeping with a telephonic dialog during which the officer demanded Rs 1.12 crore money as bribe for land registration.
In step with the audio clip, which the NDTV has get right of entry to to, Medak district’s Further Collector Gaddam Nagesh reportedly sought a bribe at a price of Rs One lakh in keeping with acre to factor a no-objection certificates for 112 acres of land.
The 52-year-old reportedly demanded Rs 1.12 crore in money or assets of equivalent price. Within the recorded dialog, Nagesh may also be heard pronouncing Rs70 lakh used to be due in money.
Then again, the ACB sleuths are but to take hold of any money or papers, and the raids through Sangareddy Anti-Corruption Bureau Deputy Superintendent Suryanarayana are underway.
The raid comes shut on heels of the sensational seizure of Rs One crore money, as bribe cash, from Keesara Mandal Earnings Officer Balaraju Nagaraju.
A couple of days later, the Telangana ACB additionally seized 1.five kg gold adorns, value Rs 57.6 lakh, from a financial institution locker within the identify of his relative GJ Narender. Then again, the keys to this locker have been recovered from Nagaraju’s area all over the raid.
The ACB has been wearing out wonder exams around the state.
Within the backdrop is the Telangana executive’s determination to prevent all land registrations around the state till its new Earnings Act comes into impact. The invoice, which proposes adjustments to test corruption amongst earnings officers, has been licensed through the cupboard and has been tabled earlier than the meeting which is in consultation.
