Medak Further Collector Gaddam Nagesh reportedly demanded a bribe of Rs 1.12 crore in money.
Hyderabad:
Twelve properties, together with the residence of a Telangana Further Collector who rose by means of the ranks from a tehsildar, have been raided by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, ACB, primarily based on a telephonic dialog by which the officer demanded Rs 1.12 crore money as bribe for land registration.
In line with the audio clip, which the NDTV has entry to, Medak district’s Further Collector Gaddam Nagesh reportedly sought a bribe at a fee of Rs One lakh per acre to difficulty a no-objection certificates for 112 acres of land.
The 52-year-old reportedly demanded Rs 1.12 crore in money or property of equal worth. Within the recorded dialog, Nagesh will be heard saying Rs70 lakh was due in money.
Nonetheless, the ACB sleuths are but to grab any money or papers, and the raids by Sangareddy Anti-Corruption Bureau Deputy Superintendent Suryanarayana are underway.
The raid comes shut on heels of the sensational seizure of Rs One crore money, as bribe cash, from Keesara Mandal Income Officer Balaraju Nagaraju.
Just a few days later, the Telangana ACB additionally seized 1.5 kg gold ornaments, value Rs 57.6 lakh, from a financial institution locker within the title of his relative GJ Narender. Nonetheless, the keys to this locker had been recovered from Nagaraju’s home throughout the raid.
The ACB has been finishing up shock checks throughout the state.
Within the backdrop is the Telangana authorities’s determination to cease all land registrations throughout the state till its new Income Act comes into impact. The invoice, which proposes modifications to test corruption amongst income officers, has been authorised by the cupboard and has been tabled earlier than the meeting which is in session.
