The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Andhra Pradesh caught two government officials in separate alleged bribery cases in Vijayawada and Eluru on Wednesday, according to the agency. The cases involved demands for Rs 7,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively for official favours.
In Vijayawada, ACB officials caught Vemula Sambasiva Rao, the welfare and development secretary of Ramalingeswara Nagar ward, while he was allegedly accepting Rs 7,000 from complainant Pandraju Naga Durga Rao. The agency said the money had been demanded in return for an official favour.
The operation involved a complaint from Durga Rao, after which the ACB proceeded against Rao. The report did not specify the nature of the official work involved or identify the service that was allegedly linked to the demand.
In a separate case in Eluru, ACB officials caught Muthangi Neelambara Pavithran, a junior assistant working in the office of the chief executive officer of the Eluru zilla parishad. Pavithran allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 from complainant Saripalli Teja Sri for an official favour, the ACB said.
The two cases were conducted separately but were reported by the ACB on the same day. The allegations involve different offices and complainants: a ward-level official in Vijayawada and a junior assistant in the district-level zilla parishad administration in Eluru.
Bribery complaints involving officials who handle public-facing or administrative work can affect access to government services and routine official processes. In the Vijayawada case, the official named by the ACB was attached to a ward administration, while the Eluru case involved an employee in the zilla parishad chief executive officer’s office.
The available report did not provide details of the next legal steps, the sections invoked, or whether any additional officials were being investigated. It also did not include statements from the accused officials or their representatives. The ACB’s account identified both men as having been caught while allegedly accepting the demanded amounts.
