The police arrested the Chief Planning Officer. (Representational)
A district official was caught red handed by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while accepting bribe on Saturday, a senior police official said.
Peddapalli District Chief Planning Officer, Purivarthy Venkata Narayana allegedly demanded Rs.40,000 from a civil contractor for an official favour, senior police official Bhadraiah said.
The complainant, Budhe Thirupathi, informed the ACB about it, following which a trap was laid and the officer was caught red handed when he demanded and accepted the bribe at his office chambers at Peddapalli on Saturday afternoon.
The amount was recovered from him, the senior police official said.
"We arrested the Chief Planning Officer and produced him before the ACB Special Court at Karimnagar today", Bhadraiah said.