Hyderabad, Nov. 5 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, November 5, caught two government officials while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh in Mahbubnagar.

The accused were allegedly accepting the bribe to process pending catering bills and release payments for food supplied to athletes at the local volleyball hostel.

ACB officials identified the accused as Jakku Rajasekhar Reddy, District Youth and Sports Officer, and Gore Umesh, contract-based typist. Both worked at the District Youth and Sports Office in Mahabubnagar.

According to an ACB officials, the two officials had demanded Rs.1 lakh from a catering contractor for processing and approving pending bills and arranging the release of Rs.3.10 lakh towards the catering bill ...