Hyderabad, Feb. 16 -- Telangana Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Sunday, February 16 issued a clarification regarding fake calls to government officials.

The agency's clarification comes after a tehsildar was duped of Rs 3.30 lakh by fraudsters posing as ACB officials. The incident in question occurred on February 9, when a tehsildar in Telangana's Bhuvanagiri Yadadri district was duped.

The Rajampet tahsildar received a phone call from a caller who claimed to be an ACB officer. The fraudster told him that one of his subordinates had confessed his name in an alleged corruption issue.

He threatened that there was an imminent threat of arrest and that a warrant was issued. Following the call, the tehsildar transferred the amount to the fr...