The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday caught a Revenue Inspector and a Grama Palana Officer while accepting ₹14,000 bribe in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district for facilitating the registration of a land.The accused were Vemuganti Purnachander Rao, Revenue Inspector, Alair mandal, and Shaik Ahmed, Grama Palana Officer of Kolanupaka village in the same mandal.According to the ACB, Purnachander Rao demanded bribe from the complainant for issuing a report to the Tahsildar to facilitate the registration of land sold by the complainant’s sister. He allegedly accepted the amount through Ahmed.The ACB officials of the Nalgonda Range caught Purnachander Rao during the operation on July 24 and recovered ₹14,000 from Ahmed at the former’s instance.The bureau said that the accused officers had performed their duties improperly and dishonestly to obtain undue advantage.Both officers are being produced before the Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases at Nampally for judicial remand. The case is under investigation.The ACB has withheld the complainant’s details for security reasons and appealed to people to report demands for bribes by public servants on its toll-free number 1064. Published - August 24, 2026 06:58 pm IST