Two Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation staffers held on bribery charges

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 20 (ANI): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two sanitary field assistants of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), for demanding and accepting a bribe, the ACB said in a release on Wednesday.

According to the release, the arrested AO-1, Md. Saleem Khan demanded Rs 60,000 and accepted a bribe of Rs 25,000 for showing official favour, i.e., "not to impose a fine on the coffee shop of the complainant." The bribe was demanded from the complainant through AO-2 G Ramesh.

The bribe amount was recovered from the AO-2 at his instance. Both hand fingers of the AO-2 and the contact portion, i.e., the left side front pocket of the AO-2's trousers, yielded a positive result in the chemical test, the ACB said in its release.

Both the accused officers were produced before the Special Judge for Special Police Establishment (SPE) and ACB cases court at Nampally, Hyderabad.

The case is under further investigation, it added. (ANI)