Hyderabad: A sub-inspector of the Keesara police station in the Malkajgiri Commissionerate was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday while allegedly accepting a ₹2 lakh bribe from a complainant. This is the third arrest of police personnel from the Keesara PS in the past two months. Earlier, the inspector and another sub-inspector of the station were arrested by the ACB in a bribery case.According to the ACB, officials of its City Range-2 unit caught SI Kondareddy Srinivas after he allegedly demanded and accepted a ₹2 lakh bribe from the complainant.“The bribe was sought to ensure the expeditious completion of the investigation and the immediate filing of charge sheets in two cases registered against the complainant at the Keesara PS,” the ACB said.Acting on the complaint, an ACB team laid a trap and arrested the SI. “The tainted amount was recovered from the SI’s possession at his instance. The accused abused his official position and performed his public duty improperly and dishonestly to obtain an undue advantage,” the ACB said.The accused has been arrested and will be produced before the ACB Special Court in Nampally for judicial remand on Tuesday.Earlier, on Sept 16, the ACB arrested the then inspector, A Anjaneyulu, and SI D Gyanender Reddy of the Keesara PS for allegedly demanding and accepting a ₹5 lakh bribe from a complainant. They were remanded to judicial custody.
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