Three police officials—an inspector and two police constables—in Narayanpet district of Telangana were caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.
The accused officers were identified as Makthal CI G Chandrasekhar and two constables Shiva Reddy and Narasimha.
They allegedly accepted the bribe from the complainant in exchange for an official favour: reducing the severity of the charges while filing a chargesheet against him in a rape case registered at Makthal police station, according to a release from the ACB.
The bribe amount was recovered from one of the constables, the ACB said.
The accused officials had improperly and dishonestly performed their duties to obtain an undue advantage, the ACB said and added that the case is under investigation.