Hyderabad, Aug. 6 -- A Grama Palana Officer (GPO) posted at Atmakur village in Jagtial district was caught by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, August 6, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a complainant in exchange for an official favour.

According to the ACB, the accused, Maathe Rajesh, 37, was serving as the Grama Palana Officer at Atmakur village in Metpalli mandal. Acting on a complaint, officials of the ACB's Karimnagar Unit laid a trap at the GPO office and apprehended him while allegedly demanding and accepting the bribe.

The officer had allegedly sought the money to submit an enquiry report prepared by him regarding the correction of the complainant's name in a patta passbook to higher reven...