Court official trapped

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 14. An Additional Public Prosecutor of the City Criminal Courts, V. Nageswara Rao, was today caught in the net of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, when he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs. 5,000 from a person acquitted in a criminal case to furnish a favourable opinion.

The tainted amount was recovered from the files of the office room of the accused, according to a press release. The accused was arrested and later released on bail.

The complainant, a resident of Habsiguda, was one of the accused in a case of wrongful confinement under the West Maredpally police station limits. While the complainant was subsequently acquitted, the other accused were convicted. Nageswara Rao's opinion was required with regard to filing an appeal in the High Court over the acquittal of the complainant.

The accused prosecutor sent a message to the complainant and demanded Rs. 10,000 from the latter to give a favourable opinion and after bargaining agreed to accept Rs. 5,000.

Cut in pension ordered

The State Government has punished a Deputy Executive Engineer, A. Satya Rao, and an Assistant Engineer, B. Govinda Rajulu, both retired employees of the Irrigation department, Visakhapatnam, with a cut in pension.

While Satya Rao was awarded a punishment of five per cent cut in pension on permanent basis, Govinda Rajulu was penalised with one per cent cut in pension for a period of five years.

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