HYDERABAD: Anti-corruption bureau (ACB) sleuths caught a mandal revenue officer (MRO) accepting a Rs 2-lakh bribe from a farmer at Kothapalli village of Kataram mandal in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district on Thursday.
According to the ACB officials who apprehended her, MRO M Sunitha sought a Rs 3 lakh bribe from I Harikrishna, the farmer, in exchange for the updation of his agriculture land at Kothapalli village. Vexed by her demand and unwilling to pay the bribe, Harikrishna approached the ACB officials, who then laid a plan to catch the MRO in the act.
Later, a case was registered against Sunitha and the ACB officials detained her.Harikrishna said the MRO demanded the bribe to enter his land details into the Dharani portal and to issue a new pattadar passbook.
He said that he has been running pillar to post for the same for one month. “I was irked by the MRO’s demand and that is why I approached the officials,” he said.
Bribe for issuing pattadar passbook
I Harikrishna, a farmer and the complainant, said the MRO demanded the bribe to enter his land details into the Dharani portal and to issue a new pattadar passbook. He said that he has been running pillar to post for the same since a month