Overview
- The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau trapped and arrested Korra Dileep Naik in his Cheryala mandal office on Monday and recovered ₹70,000 that ACB says was taken as a bribe.
- ACB says the cash was demanded to process 11 NALA (Non-Agricultural Land Assessment) conversion applications for 30 guntas of land in Nagapuri village, with eight of those applications already processed.
- The arrested tahsildar is being produced before the Second Additional Special Judge for Trial of SPE and ACB Cases in Hyderabad and formal legal proceedings are pending.
- A tahsildar is a local revenue official who maintains land records and approves land-use changes, and NALA conversions change land from agricultural to non-agricultural use, a process that can raise property value and create corruption risk.
- The ACB has withheld the complainant’s identity for security, urged the public to report bribe demands, and the case could prompt further probes of local land approvals and administrative discipline.