AP municipal officer caught accepting Rs 50,000 bribe

Hyderabad, October 29: A top municipal officer from Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh was on Monday caught red-handed by sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.

Bhongir Municipality Commissioner, L Balogi was trapped by the ACB at his residence in Ramanthapur here, where he received the sum through his driver and relative B Lalu Naik, as a bribe from the complainant for doing an official favour, a release said.

The duo will be produced before the Additional Special Judge for ACB cases here, it said.

–PTI