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ACB arrests three government servants on charges of corruption in Kakinada, Eluru, Palnadu districts

Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested three government servants on charges of corruption on Monday following the orders of Director-General of Police K.V. Rajendranath Reddy and complaints received on 14400.

Two of the three officials were caught red-handed while they were accepting bribe. According to ACB, in-charge sub registrar in Eluru district Ballari Jogeswara Rao and a broker were arrested after the latter was caught accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from a person. Mr. Jogeswara Rao had demanded the ₹10,000 as bribe from the complainant for the registration of a gift deed. He asked the complainant to hand over the amount to a broker. ACB officials caught the broker while he was accepting the bribe and, based on his confession, Mr. Rao too was arrested.

In Palnadu

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