4 Traffic Cops, SHO, SI, Shifted to Headquarters for Graft
The four police personnel were collecting bribes from motorists during drunken driving checking at Journalists Colony in Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad: Four traffic personnel — a Station House Officer (SHO), a Sub‑Inspector (SI), a court constable and a home guard — have been ordered to report to the city police headquarters in the wake of allegations of rampant corruption.
Hyderabad City Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar issued the orders following complaints that four officials had chosen “smart and innovative” ways to collect bribes from traffic violators and drunk drivers while evading departmental traps. A recent video exposed a traffic cop posted at the VIP Zone under Jubilee Hills Traffic Police limits instructing violators to place money at pre‑designated spots instead of handing it over directly.
The cop, stationed at Kattela Mandi — a busy junction frequented by construction vehicles — was allegedly imposing fines for parking violations and then quietly directing motorists to drop bribe money at a specific spot. Deccan Chronicle sources recorded such an incident in which a violator placed a ₹500 note in a nearby trolley before being allowed to flee without penalty.
Local residents who recorded the video said this method of threatening violators and collecting bribes had become routine at the spot.
Reliable police sources said the corrupt practices were carried out with the knowledge of SHO Dupthala Narsing Rao, Sub-Inspector Ashok, court constable Sudhakar, and home guard Keshavulu — the SHO’s pilot — who allegedly collected the bribe daily after the checks.
The four officers had reportedly set up a “collection adda” near Kattalmandi, Journalist Colony, Jubilee Hills, where they demanded large sums from drunk drivers. They allegedly skipped entering data into the system or printing receipts from handheld breath analysers (BAC devices). Normally, once a BAC reading is printed, the data is automatically transmitted to senior officers and stored in police servers.
Instead, the officers displayed the BAC reading on the device screen, collected bribes, and let offenders go without prosecution, sources said.
The corruption came to light after a video surfaced showing home guard Keshavulu directing a violator to place ₹500 in an auto trolley at Kattalmandi. When questioned by senior officers, he reportedly confessed, leading the Commissioner to order all the four to report to headquarters.
Local sources claimed the officers collected bribes based on BAC levels — ₹10,000 and four mutton biryani packets for readings above 100, and between ₹20,000 and ₹25,000 plus biryani packets for readings above 150 or 200.
A motorist from Rehmatnagar said, “It was my second drunk‑driving offence last weekend. My BAC was 147. The cop told me to pay ₹10,000 and bring four biryani packets from Green Bawarchi. After that, I was let off.”
A senior police officer said reporting to headquarters is considered a punishment as the officials will face investigation on the basis of charges before further disciplinary action.
At least 10 police personnel including five SHOs, two SIs and three constables have been suspended and an ACP was asked to report to headquarters in connection with graft allegations.