Day after getting best employee award, constable caught taking bribe at Mahbubnagar

A day after receiving best employee award on the Independence Day, a constable attached to the one-town police station in Mahbubnagar caught taking bribe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday.

The constable Tirupati Reddy was caught taking a bribe of Rs 17,000 from one Ramesh, who does sand business. Ramesh said that in spite of having all the documents pertaining to the sand transport, the constable demanded the bribe.

Ramesh then approached ACB officials who laid a trap and caught the constable while accepting the bribe.