Hyderabad, July 18 -- Two officers from the Labour Department were caught by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday, July 18, for taking bribes in exchange for processing the compensation amount for the complainant's deceased family.

In the first instance, Assistant Labour Officer, Paka Sukanya from Bellampalli Labour office in Mancherial district was arrested by the ACB officials for demanding a bribe of Rs 40,000 for doing official work.

The complainant was reportedly due a compensation of Rs 1,30,000 after the death of her husband. However, the accused officer reportedly denied sanctioning the amount to the complainant and demanded a bribe for forwarding the file to higher authorities.

The complainant then approached t...