
VRO in ACB net for ‘accepting’ ₹30,000 bribe
The Hindu
Officials from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Village Revenue Officer (VRO) of Cheedikada mandal, K. Raju, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹30,000 from a person for doing a
Officials from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Village Revenue Officer (VRO) of Cheedikada mandal, K. Raju, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹30,000 from a person for doing an official favour in the Visakhapatnam district, on Thursday.
According to the ACB officials, a resident of Cheedikada, N. Sattibabu, had complained that Raju was demanding the bribe from him for issuing of e-pattadar passbook and to make an online mutation in the name of the complainant’s father. The ACB officials laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed at around 12.10 p.m. on Thursday.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.