Garidepally Deputy Tahsildar in ACB net in Garidepally

Garidepally (Suryapet): A few officials of the Revenue department have not been changing their behaviour even after the corruption allegations made by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao recently.

On Monday, the sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau caught Deputy Tahsildar Satyanarayana of Garidepally Tahsildar's office red-handedly while taking bribe from a farmer, Lingaiah via a private employee in connection with the issue of pahanies.

According to sources, the revenue staff of the Tahsildar's office by taking money changed the name of Karingula Lingaiah with another person in records of Kutubullahpur village of Garidepally mandal in the district. Lingaiah, who got the land in survey number 399 as hereditary asset, migrated to Burugugadda village of Huzurnagar mandal for livelihood. He had given his land to lease to a farmer Gudagantla Venkaiah for seven years and kept land idle for the last two years. He came to know that few persons of Kutubullapur village replaced his name by them in land records. In this connection, he approached the DT Satyanaryana for justice, who in return demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 to restore his name in the records.

Lingaiah informed to the official that he was poor and would not be able to pay the demanded money for his work. When farmer Lingaiah asked the official for pahanies from 1980, the official again demanded Rs 15,000 to provide pahanies. Vexed with Satyanarayana's behavior, Lingaiah agreed to give Rs 8,000 to get required pahanies.

After approaching the ACB , Lingaiah came with Rs 8,000 and met the DT Satyanaryana for his work, who then directed him to handed over the money to P Prakasham, working as a private employee in the office. Soon after receiving the money, the ACB sleuths arrested him.

Nalgonda range ACB DSP Anand Kumar, speaking to media, informed that on direction of Deputy Tahsildar Bandaru Satyanarayana, a private employee P Prakasham received the bribe to issue pahanies to farmer Lingaiah. A case was filed against the duo and further investigation is underway.

He advised the people to inform to ACB whenever any public servant asks for money for any work.