Overview
- Rakonda Srinivasulu, a deputy executive engineer in the university’s Building Division, was caught in Hyderabad after taking ₹6,000 during the trap.
- Investigators say he had earlier accepted ₹5,000 via the PhonePe app as an initial installment.
- The cash seized during the operation was recovered at his instance, with a chemical test indicating contact with the treated notes.
- He was arrested and produced before the Special Court for SPE and ACB cases in Nampally.
- The probe continues with the complainant’s identity withheld, and ACB has asked the public to report bribe demands on toll-free 1064.