ACB raids Sub-Registrar office

August 09, 2017 11:59 pm | Updated 11:59 pm IST - VISAKHAPATNAM

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials conducted a surprise check at the Sub-Registrar’s Office in Super Bazaar and allegedly seized ₹ 2 lakh unaccounted money from the premises, on Wednesday evening.

Sub-Registrar V. Basaveswara Rao and Joint Sub-Registrar N.V. Ratna Kumar are being questioned.

According to DSP of ACB K. Ramakrishna Prasad, the bureau has been receiving a number of complaints on alleged corruption at the Sub-Registrar’s office and basing on that a surprise check was conducted.

The ACB officials seized ₹ 74,000 from the scooter of an office attendant, about ₹ 50,000 from a stamp vendor.

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