ACB arrests legal metrology inspector and associate for taking Rs 20k bribe to issue verification certificate to petrol bunk | Hyderabad News

Legal metrology inspector K Venkateswarlu and his associate Kasaram Ravinder arrested

Hyderabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Wednesday arrested the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district inspector of legal metrology and his associate for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the owner of a petrol bunk.Nalgonda Range ACB officials arrested the inspector, K Venkateswarlu, and petrol pump technician, Kasaram Ravinder, for seeking the bribe to issue a verification certificate to the complainant’s petrol bunk and for handing over the daily sales register.The ACB said Ravinder accepted the bribe from the complainant at LB Nagar on the inspector’s instructions. According to ACB, of Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 was for the inspector and Rs 5,000 was Ravinder’s share.The bribe amount was recovered from Ravinder’s possession at his instance. Both the accused were arrested, and they will be produced before the ACB special court in Nampally for judicial remand.