Tehsildar taking one crore as bribe caught red handed

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New Delhi. In Telangana state, Tehsildar E. Balaraju Nagaraju of Kisara has been caught red-handed by the Anti Corruption Bureau taking a bribe. The ACB raided the Tehsildar's house on Friday night.

Where he was caught, allegedly, taking a bribe of 1 crore 10 lakh rupees. According to the information, the tahsildar and tax officer had allegedly taken this bribe to the settlement of 28 acres of land in Rampalli.

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The officers were also surprised to see so much bribe money. ACB is questioning 3 people in custody. Which includes Tehsildar Nagaraju, Real State Broker Srinath and Kannada Anji Reddy.

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In this, besides the Tehsildar Nagaraju, the village revenue officer B Sairaj has also been taken into custody. It is learnt that Kisara is the divisional headquarters of Medchal Malkajgiri district. A new district was carved out of Hyderabad.

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The ACB has used the machine to count notes. The accused's house was raided at AS Rao Nagar, a major commercial and residential area in Hyderabad. ACB sources say that this operation started on Friday night and will continue on Saturday as well.

CB officials have also detained middleman C Realnath dealer C Srinath and Kandadi Anji Reddy. All the accused are being interrogated. Most of the bribe money was in the  500 rupee notes.