February 18, 2021 11:50 pm | Updated 11:50 pm IST
Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Hyderabad, on Thursday caught an assistant labour officer red-handed while taking bribe of ₹5,000 for an official service.
P. Srinivas Rao, ALO at Kodad, demanded ₹15, 000 bribe to process one Datla Sainath’s application with respect to his father’s death claim relief of ₹1.3 lakh, a statement from the ACB read.
M. Shiva Venkata Krishna, a junior assistant in the office, who made the demand on behalf of the ALO, was also arrested.
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