Hyderabad, July 17 -- The Telangana Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday, July 16 arrested an engineer in chief of the Panchayat Raj department in Hyderabad for seeking a bribe worth Rs 50,000.

The accused identified as Veeravalli Kanakaratnam sought the bribe from the complainant for issuing the latter's posting and transfer orders. Based om the complaint the ACB set a trap and caught Kanakaratnam while he was taking the bribe.

A case was registered against the engineer in chief and the investigation is underway.

Attendance register mishandled

In a government school in Mahabubabad, the ACB found irregularities in the attendance register and reported the issue to Telangana government.

The incident occurred on July 16 at the Gove...