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Minister’s PA booked for demanding bribe, fired from job

The move came after an audio clip of an interaction between Mallikarjun and the water plant owner, M. Tirupati, went viral on social media

Warangal: Bonala Mallikarjun, who served as a personal assistant to backward classes minister Gangula Kamalakar, was booked for seeking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a water plant owner to help him evade a police case.

The move came after an audio clip of an interaction between Mallikarjun and the water plant owner, M. Tirupati, went viral on social media. A case was filed at the Three Town police station.

Tirupati owns a water plant at Subash Nagar, and in a recent check, the water produced by his plant did not meet standards. He was apprehensive about being booked in a case and getting bail, due to which he approached Mallikarjun.

In the interaction, Mallikarjun can be heard assuring Tirupati that a circle inspector and an ACP were close friends and that a case would not be filed. He also told Tirupati that following an interaction with the ACP, a case would not be registered on payment of `1 lakh, the police said.

ACP Tula Srinivas Rao said that Tirupati filed a complaint with him, following which Mallikarjun was booked for demanding a bribe.

Meanwhile, learning of the development, Kamalakar removed Mallkiarjun from the post of PA.

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