Hyderabad, March 7 -- A Telangana Southern Power Distribution Corporation Limited (TGSPDCL) employee in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district was arrested by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, March 6 for taking a bribe of Rs 70,000.

The accused was identified as Gajula Shyam Prasad, an assistant divisional engineer (ADE). Prasad took the bribe to favour a complainant for getting the inspection for Synchronization of NET Meter installed at a Pharmaceutical Company in TGSPDCL Portal through DE operations, Choutuppal to get complainant's pending bills from another private company.

In March 2024, the ACB caught a junior accounts officer of TGSPDCL, Habsiguda, red-handed, accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 to process a lineman's salary bill. ...