V Vijaya Ratnam, office superintendent and deputy mandal revenue officer of Putlur mandal in Anantapur district was trapped by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while receiving Rs 1,000 bribe.
Ratnam demanded Rs 2,000 from the complainant to release patta certificates, but later scaled downed to Rs 1,000. He was arrested, and later released on bail.
Incidentally, Vijaya Ratnam is the fourth gazetted ranking officer of Gudlur mandal to be trapped by the ACB for corrupt practices. The ACB had earlier caught two mandal revenue officers and an office superintendent while accepting bribes.
In a separate case, S Vijay Kumar, junior assistant working at MRO office in Anakapalli in Visakhapatnam district, was caught by ACB personnel while taking Rs 100 from a local resident for issuing a legal heir certificate, according to a press release.