7 top cops held for liquor mafia links

HYDERABAD: Sending shockwaves through the police department, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) personnel on Sunday arrested seven senior police personnel for their ties with the liquor mafia.
ACB Special Investigation Team (SIT) personnel have arrested seven senior police officials, including three deputy superintendents of police (DSPs) from Khammam, Adilabad, Warangal and Kurnool districts, for accepting 'mamools' from liquor syndicate to allow them to flout the Excise Act norms.
ACB arrested Sri Ram Prasad, officer on special duty (OSD), Kothagudem, who had previously worked as DSP, Mahbubabad, B Uma Maheshwar, OSD, Adilabad, Veereshwar Rao, DSP waiting for a posting, who previously worked as DSP Hanamkonda, Ranadheer, circle inspector (CI), Subedari police station, Vijaya Sarathi, CI, Kazipet, V Sreedhar Rao, CI, Adilabad (Rural) and B Gunashekar Babu, CI, Police Control Room, Kurnool, who previously worked as CI, Yemmiganuru.