The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday caught a Deputy Executive Engineer of the Quality Control Cell, Musheerabad Division, allegedly accepting a ₹10,000 bribe for issuing quality control certificates for contract works.

The accused officer, Sai Ram, was caught red-handed by ACB officials of City Range-1 after he allegedly demanded and accepted the bribe from a complainant for the already issued quality control certificate for one contract work and for issuing a certificate for a second contract work.

The amount of ₹10,000 was recovered from Sai Ram at his instance, the ACB said. The agency alleged that he had acted improperly and dishonestly in the discharge of his duties to obtain undue advantage.

He was being produced before the I Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases at Nampally for judicial remand. The case is under investigation.

Sub-registrar held in Narayanpet

In a separate case, the ACB registered a criminal misconduct case against Lagisetty Venkat Swamy, Sub-Registrar, Grade-II, Office of the Sub-Registrar, Narayanpet district, and Kammari Nagesh, a private person and owner of Inti Bojanam Mess, in connection with an alleged bribe demand for completing a house registration.

According to the ACB, Venkat Swamy demanded ₹90,000 from the complainant on July 18 for showing official favour in completing the house registration. He allegedly accepted ₹50,000 as part payment through Nagesh on July 21 and subsequently demanded the remaining ₹40,000.

The agency alleged that Venkat Swamy acted improperly and dishonestly in the discharge of his official duties to obtain undue advantage for himself.

Both Venkat Swamy and Nagesh were being produced before the I Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases at Nampally for judicial remand. The case is under investigation.

The ACB said the details of the complainants in both cases were being withheld for security reasons. It appealed to the public to report demands for bribes by public servants on its toll-free number 1064. Complaints can also be made through WhatsApp at 9440446106.