Peddapally Municipal Assistant Engineer jailed for accepting ₹200 bribe

Kallepalli Sathish Kumar | Photo credit: By arrangement

The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday (July 14, 2026) arrested a municipal assistant engineer posted in Peddapally district for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹2,000 from a contractor for processing and forwarding the final bill related to an urban development project.

According to the ACB, the accused officer, 33-year-old Kallepalli Sathish Kumar, serving as an assistant engineer in the Peddapally municipal office, was detained by the ACB Karimnagar unit at his residence after he demanded and accepted a bribe from the complainant.

The agency said the money was requested for an official favor — processing and handing over the final contractor’s bill for the construction of a Hindu cemetery in Tenuguwada and a cemetery on Kunaram Road in Peddapally town. The work, carried out under Package IX of the Peddapally municipality, was valued at ₹ 12.28 lakh and the bill was to be handed over to the Telangana Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TUFIDC) for approval.

The ACB recovered tainted bribes of ₹2,000 from the accused officer’s possession. During subsequent searches at his residence, officials also seized ₹32.31 crore in unaccounted cash.

The accused has been taken into custody, arrested and will be produced before a special court for SPE and ACB cases in Karimnagar. The investigation is ongoing.

Telangana ACB Helpline 1064

The ACB has withheld the identity of the complainant for security reasons and urged the public to report bribery requests by civil servants through its toll-free number 1064.

Published – 14 Jul 2026 14:23 IST