Overview
- The Navi Mumbai ACB unit arrested assistant estate officer Shailesh Atmaram Gharat and associate Nagendra Tulsiram Pandey after a trap caught the associate accepting Rs 2 lakh to clear a CIDCO flat transfer in Sanpada.
- Investigators said the CIDCO demand was negotiated down from Rs 4 lakh, the bribe was accepted at a hotel near Nerul station, and both accused were booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act with searches and phone seizures conducted.
- In Andhra Pradesh, ACB raids in Vizianagaram targeted alleged disproportionate assets of Home Guard Netti Srinivasa Rao, with officials reporting property worth about Rs 20 crore and conducting parallel searches on a sub-registrar office employee in Tirupati.
- In Srikakulam, ACB officers seized Rs 1.84 lakh from Assistant BC Welfare Officer Gaddi Bala Mukunda Rao during a surprise check after hostel officials alleged kickbacks were being collected following fund releases.
- Earlier actions this week included the arrest of two Srikakulam sub-treasury officials over a Rs 15,000 bribe to process salary arrears and the termination of Telangana Housing outsourced AE Durgam Srikanth after his arrest for a ₹10,000 demand tied to Indiramma Illu photo uploads.