Gundu Vani, Town Planning Officer of Moinabad Municipality, and Yelamoni Sudarshan, a former Panchayat Secretary of Moinabad Gram Panchayat | Image Telangana ACB X A/c

Hyderabad: Two officials of the Moinabad Municipality in Telangana were allegedly caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 75,000 in connection with a construction-related matter, officials said.

According to the Telangana ACB, the trap was conducted by its City Range-2 officials on September 30 following a complaint regarding an alleged demand for a bribe. The accused officers have been identified as Gundu Vani, Town Planning Officer of Moinabad Municipality, and Yelamoni Sudarshan, a former Panchayat Secretary of Moinabad Gram Panchayat who is presently working on deputation as a Senior Assistant in Moinabad Municipality.

The ACB alleged that Vani demanded Rs 75,000 from the complainant for an official favour, namely not taking coercive action against the complainant's construction by treating it as illegal. According to the bureau, the bribe amount was accepted through Sudarshan. The ACB officials caught the accused during the trap and recovered Rs 75,000 from Sudarshan's possession.
The ACB alleged that the two accused officers had improperly and dishonestly performed their official duties to obtain an undue advantage. Following the trap, Vani and Sudarshan were taken into custody and were being produced before the Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases at Nampally for judicial remand, according to the ACB.The case remains under investigation.
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