Overview
- The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested Divisional Executive Engineer Ganti Srikanth after a trap at his Bhavani Nagar residence on Monday that recovered ₹50,000 he allegedly accepted to record final measurements.
- ACB officials say the money was sought to 'record the final measurements in M-books and process the bills' for 10 double-bedroom (2BHK) houses whose work had been pending since September 2022.
- The accused will be produced before the Special Judge for SPE & ACB cases in Warangal as a formal criminal probe and departmental inquiries continue.
- The identity of the complainant who handed over the cash has not been disclosed, a step officials say protects the integrity of the investigation and the whistleblower.
- M-books are the official measurement records that gate contractor payments, so the case highlights how control over final entries can delay or unlock bills and may prompt further checks on payment procedures.