Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau Catches Two Officials in Separate Bribery Traps

Anti-Corruption Bureau officials in Telangana arrested a Banjara Hills Sub-Inspector and a Legal Metrology Inspector in two separate traps on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

First Trap

Banjara Hills Sub-Inspector Kottoor Vijay demanded a bribe of one lakh rupees from a complainant. He originally asked for ten lakh rupees before lowering the sum. The money was meant to prevent the complainant from being arrested in two court-referred cases, to issue notices under Section 41-A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and to accept replies to those notices. Vijay also promised that no fresh cases would be filed against the complainant. The bureau registered a case of criminal misconduct against him, and he was produced before the I Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases at Nampally for judicial remand.

Second Trap

In the second case, Nalgonda Range ACB officials caught Legal Metrology Inspector K. Venkateswarlu from Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district along with a private petrol pump technician named Kasaram Ravinder. Venkateswarlu demanded and accepted twenty thousand rupees through Ravinder for handing over a daily sales register and issuing a verification certificate. Ravinder collected the money in L.B. Nagar on the inspector's orders, with fifteen thousand rupees meant for the inspector and five thousand rupees for the technician. Both men were produced before the Principal Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases at Nampally.

Context

Anti-corruption agencies across the country routinely set up traps using chemical-coated currency to catch public servants red-handed when they accept illegal payments. Citizens can report such demands to state anti-corruption helplines, which maintain the confidentiality of complainants to protect them from harassment.