Hyderabad, Feb. 21 -- The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a government surveyor on Thursday, February 20, for accepting a bribe of Rs 12,000 for an official "favour".

The ACB arrested Jatoth Ganesh, who was working at the office of the tahsildar, Manthani mandal of Peddapalli district, for demanding a bribe of Rs 17,000, to survey the land of the complainant and to issue a report.

The arrested officer had previously already accepted Rs 9,000 as the first instalment and was caught red-handed by the Telangana ACB while accepting Rs 3,000, in another instalment.

On February 20, the Telangana ACB arrested two officials for accepting bribes from citizens.

In the first case, an official of scheduled castes cooperative develo...