The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Additional Collector and in-charge DEO A. Venkat Reddy along with two staff members in Hanamkonda for allegedly demanding a bribe to renew a private school’s application. The correspondent of Creative Model School was asked to pay Rs 1 lakh, later reduced to Rs 60,000, for clearance of the renewal.

Hanamkonda: The additional Collector (Revenue), in-charge district educational officer (DEO), A Venkat Reddy and two education department staff were taken into custody by ACB in a bribe case here on Friday.

The ACB DSP, Sambaiah speaking to the media informed that last month the correspondent of Creative Model School at Kothur jenda area in Hanamkonda submitted an application to Hanamkonda DEO online for the renewal of the school.

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