Hyderabad, Sept. 4 -- The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a district fisheries officer (DFO) working in Nalgonda for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.

According to the complainant, DFO Charitha Reddy demanded the bribe amount to approve enlisting new members in a fisheries cooperative society.

The ACB caught the government employee red-handed. She was produced before a Hyderabad court on Thursday. Further investigations are underway.

The previous day, ACB arrested two government officials working in Nizamabadand Ranga Reddy districts on charges of demanding a bribe for doing official work.

The Telangana ACB reported a total of 179 registered cases across the state in the first eight months of the year, seiz...