Ramagundam Municipal Commissioner arrested for graft
The Hindu
Bribe amount recovered from his private secretary who received it
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Tuesday arrested Ramagundam Municipal Corporation Commissioner in-charge Kudikala Shankar Kumar along with his private servant Thota Mallikarjun on charge of accepting ₹ 1 lakh bribe from a contractor.
Mr. Sudhakar Kumar is Peddapally Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) and given Full Additional Charge (FAC) of Corporation Commissioner post. The bribery sum, which he allegedly received through his private secretary was recovered from the latter’s possession on the premises of the RDO’s office.
Both, the in-charge Commissioner and his private servant, were presented before the special judge of ACB cases in Karimnagar. They were remanded in judicial custody. A statement from the ACB office said a contractor executed the works of spraying sodium hypochlorite in the commissionerate area.
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