Telangana: Tahsildar caught taking Rs 2 lakh bribe

HYDERABAD: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths have arrested Kataram tahsildar M Sunitha for demanding Rs 2 lakh bribe from a land owner to issue a pattadar passbook.At 5.30 pm on Thursday, ACB laid a trap at the tahsildar’s office in Kataram of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district and caught tahsildar M Sunitha red-handed when she took Rs 2 lakh allegedly bribe from the complainant, A Harikrishna of Boduppal.Harikrishna is a native of Sundarrajupeta in Kataram mandal and Sunitha demanded Rs 2 lakh bribe to process the file pertaining to the pattadar passbook. ACB team recovered the bribe amount from tahsildar Sunitha’s hand bag at her office. Sunitha was arrested and she would be produced before court for judicial remand.