Mandal surveyor jailed for bribery

Hyderabad: A special court on Tuesday awarded one-and-half-year rigorous imprisonment to Maheshwaram mandal surveyor for demanding and accepting bribe.

The mandal surveyor Malavath Lachmaya alias Laxman Naik was trapped by the ACB officials when he was accepting the bribe amount of Rs 25,000 from the complainant E Narsimha Reddy for demarcating the boundaries of his land on May 7, 2013.

On Tuesday, FAC Judge for the Court S Govardhan Reddy pronounced judgment and ordered Laxman Naik to undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months and also pay fine of Rs 1,000.

He was also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for 1 year and also pay fine of Rs 2,000. Both the sentences shall run concurrently.