Hyderabad, Oct. 22 -- The Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday, October 22, arrested two officers working on the Bhagirathipet Project in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district for allegedly demanding a cut up to 25 per cent on contractor bills.

The accused have been identified as Project Officer Satish Reddy and Technical Officer Raju.

They had demanded illegal gratification of up to 10-25 per cent from a contractor for processing bills relating to works executed under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) 2.0 scheme and for allotment of further works, ACB stated in a release.

ACB said that an aggregate amount of Rs 39,17,000 was transferred to various bank accounts/UPI accounts allegedly communicated by the accus...