Anti-Corruption Bureau officials on Tuesday caught a town planning supervisor working at Badangpet municipal corporation office red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹ 30,000.
According to a release by the ACB, the accused officer Akula Ashok had demanded and accepted the bribe for granting house construction permit to a Saroornagar resident. The bribe was being taken through a private architect Chinni Sai Architects located opposite the municipal office.
The officer and architect A. Srinivas Raju, the ACB said, were being arrested and produced before the court.