Hyderabad, Jan. 7 -- Five government officials were nabbed by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday, January 7, in two separate cases. Bribes worth Rs 1.5 lakh were recovered.

In the first case, Endowment Inspector Akavaram Kiran Kumar was nabbed while accepting Rs 50,000 as part of a Rs 1.5 lakh bribe. He works at the Commissioner's Office of Endowment in Hyderabad,

According to the ACB officials, Kumar had demanded the bribe for issuing a survey report to the complainant.

In the second case, three officials from Rangareddy district were caught while accepting Rs 1 lakh as part of a Rs 2.5 lakh bribe.

The accused officers have been identified as Mandal Parishad Development Officer Ponna Sumathi, Mandal Panchayath Of...