The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Thursday evening arrested Veldurthi Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, Shaik Khadar Vali and another person on charges of accepting a bribe of ₹40,000.
Kurnool ACB Deputy Superintendent of Police J. Siva Narayana Swamy said that acting on a phone call and a written complaint received during the ‘Spandana’ programme, a trap was laid.
The ASI and another person, identified as K. Jayanna, caught red-handed near the Police Quarters at Veldurthy while accepting the bribe amount. Jayanna received the money from the complainant and handed it over the ASI.