Hyderabad, May 8 -- Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials caught a Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) lineman red-handed while accepting Rs 30,000 bribe in the Amberpet area of Hyderabad.

The accused, V Shiva Mallesh, who was employed in the Golnaka Section of the Amberpet division, had allegedly taken a total bribe of Rs 50,000 from a complainant for supplying a commercial electricity connection.

The bribe was also to avoid coercive action against alleged irregularities detected in the complainant's old electricity meter.

The bribe amount was accepted by way of a private person, P Santhosh, who was acting as an intermediary in the deal. The ACB organized a sting and arrested the couple dur...