Man Burns Bribe Money To Evade Arrest In Telangana: Anti-Corruption Official

The man was allegedly asked by a Tahsildar to collect the bribe money at his residence in exchange of an official favour, an official release said.

A man, who was instructed by a Tahsildar to collect "bribe" amount of Rs 5 lakh, allegedly burnt the currency notes at his house in Telangana's Nagarkurnool district on Tuesday to escape being caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the agency said. While 46 currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination (amounting to Rs 92,000) of the total bribe amount of Rs 5 lakh were completely burnt and the remaining notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and few in Rs 2,000 were partially burnt, a senior ACB official said. The Tahsildar of Veldanda Mandal, had allegedly asked the man (a private person) to collect the bribe amount of Rs 5 lakh at his residence from the complainant in exchange of an official favour, an ACB release said. The official favour was to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) and forward it to the Mines and Geology department for the grant of a quarry lease licence to the complainant.