Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Friday trapped the inquiry officer of AP State Wakf Board, when he took Rs 10,000 bribe from a complainant at a hotel in Nampally.
The accused, Mir Shujauddin, 62, is working as an inquiry officer, with the Wakf Board. After his retirement from the board, he was hired as an inquiry officer on a few occasions in the past. At around 2 pm, ACB sleuths caught Shujauddin red-handed at Grand Plaza Hotel in Nampally, when he demanded and accepted Rs 10,000 bribe from the complainant, Syed Mohammed Lal of Zillapur village in Mahbubnagar district. Lal allegedly sought officer’s favour in two issues, one related to his work as mutawalli and the other with regard to encroachment of wakf land.
Shujauddin had reportedly demanded Rs 25,000 from Lal to write the report in his favour.tnn
“Shujauddin took bribe to submit report in Lal’s favour, allow him to continue as mutawalli and to allot a major portion of 136 acres of wakf land in his favour,” an ACB official said.
The bribe amount was recovered from the accused. Shujauddin was arrested and will be produced before the principal special judge for SPE & ACB Cases.
–Agencies