Hyderabad, May 26 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday, May 26, caught the sub-registrar of Khammam Rural and a private document writer red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000.

The accused has been identified as Jekki Aruna, Puchakayala Venkatesh.

According to reports, the bribe was taken to process the registration of a gift deed for a 2,700-square-yard property in Thallampadu village, favouring the complainant's son. Officials said the sub-registrar had initially demanded Rs 50,000 but later agreed to accept Rs 30,000 through the document writer, who collected the cash inside the complainant's vehicle parked at the sub-registrar office premises.

The ACB recovered the full amount and confirmed bribe-handling through a...