The Telangana government has ordered the closure of all Transport Department check-posts after ACB raids exposed a Rs 4.18 lakh bribery racket across RTA facilities. Raids in border districts seized unaccounted cash, with officials accused of collecting illegal money

Hyderabad: The State government has ordered the immediate shutdown of all Transport Department check-posts across the State. The move followed Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raids that uncovered a Rs 4.18 lakh bribery network at multiple Regional Transport Authority (RTA) facilities.

The ACB’s surprise raids, conducted on the intervening night of October 18 and 19, targeted 12 RTA check-posts following intelligence inputs about large-scale extortion from lorry drivers and transporters, especially ahead of Diwali. Operating in

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