APEPDCL Assistant Engineer Sentenced To One Year In Jail In Bribery Case
The court also ordered that he undergo three months’ simple imprisonment in default of payment of the fine: Reports
KAKINADA: A Special Court for ACB cases in Rajamahendravaram on Monday sentenced Bhukya Bala Krishna, a former assistant engineer (operations) in the energy department working with APEPDCL, to one year’s simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹1,000 in a bribery case.
The court also ordered that he undergo three months’ simple imprisonment in default of payment of the fine.
According to ACB officials, the complainant, Akula Vayunandana Rao of Kamalapuram village in Chintalapudi mandal, West Godavari district, is a farmer whose mother owns 3.99 cents of agricultural land in Raghavapuram village.
The assistant engineer and his staff had removed the electrical connection to a borewell on the land, stating that they would replace it with a three-phase connection. When the complainant sought restoration of the connection, the officer allegedly demanded ₹5,000, later reducing the amount to ₹4,000, and provided his mobile number, ACB officials said.
On May 3, 2008, ACB officials caught the officer while he was allegedly accepting the ₹4,000 bribe and arrested him. He was remanded to judicial custody.
The officer was subsequently removed from service and is currently engaged in farming, according to the source.
ACB officials appealed to the public to report instances of bribery or corruption to the respective district ACB officers.
