ACB nabs Bhainsa municipal official while taking ₹50,000 bribe

Jadhav Santhosh.

A Deputy Executive Engineer, who was also serving as the in-charge Municipal Commissioner of Bhainsa Municipality in Nirmal district, was caught red-handed by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹50,000 for releasing pending payments to a contractor.

The accused officer, Jadhav Santhosh, was caught by ACB officials of the Adilabad Range when he allegedly accepted the bribe from a complainant in exchange for releasing a cheque towards pending payment of ₹2.63 lakh for civil works executed in Bhainsa Municipality.

According to the ACB, the officer had earlier accepted a bribe of ₹10,000 on October 26 and released a cheque for ₹6.40 lakh. Subsequently, he allegedly demanded another ₹50,000 to release the cheque towards the remaining payment of ₹2.63 lakh.

The tainted amount of ₹50,000 was recovered from the dashboard of the accused officer’s car. Swabs collected from the dashboard also tested positive in a chemical examination, the ACB said.

The accused is being arrested and will be produced before the Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases in Karimnagar for judicial remand. The case is under investigation.