Mamada Sub-Inspector of Police Koreda Raju of Nirmal district was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from a farmer, at his chambers in the police station on Sunday.
Koreda Raju allegedly demanded and received the bribe amount from the complainant, S. Tirumal, a farmer from Anantapet village of Nirmal district, for issuing 41-A Cr.PC notice to the complainant’s brother S. Satish and to his cousin S. Suresh in a case registered under Sections 290 (public nuisance) and Section 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC, ACB sources said.
The ACB officials registered a case against Raju on graft charges. Further investigation is underway.