Hyderabad, Sept. 27 -- A town planning official from Yellampeta Municipality in Medchal-Malkajgiri district was arrested by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)on Saturday, September 27, for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 5 lakh for an official favour.

The accused officer, identified as Chinthala Radha Krishna Reddy, demanded the bribe to avoid demolishing the complainant's compound wall and gates. Reddy had already accepted Rs 1.5 lakh and was caught by the ACB while accepting the additional Rs 3.5 lakh.

Technical assistant nabbed over Rs 10K bribe

On the same day, a Technical assistant in the Panchayath Raj and Rural Development, working in the Mandal Parishad Development Office (MPDO) at Kannepalli Mandal, Mancherial distri...