Ravela Peda Veerabhadra Rao, had allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹10,000 from the complainant, Vurubandi Acharya Lenin of Guntur.
Published Dec 15, 2025 | 1:24 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 15, 2025 | 1:24 PM
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Synopsis: A Guntur district industries department junior assistant was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment for demanding and accepting a bribe to release a PMEGP subsidy. Caught red-handed by the ACB in 2011, the official was convicted after a full trial under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
A junior assistant engineer in the District Industries Department in Guntur has been sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment and fined ₹5,000 by a special ACB court for demanding and accepting a bribe related to the release of a government subsidy under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).
The convicted official, Ravela Peda Veerabhadra Rao, had allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹10,000 from the complainant, Vurubandi Acharya Lenin of AT Agraharam in Guntur town, for processing his application and forwarding it to the General Manager of the District Industries Centre.
The complainant had applied to construct a brick manufacturing unit, Triple “L” Fly Ash Industry, in his wife’s name. Although the loan under the PMEGP scheme was sanctioned, the subsidy amount of ₹3.50 lakh remained pending.
Refusing to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Acting on the complaint, the DSP, ACB, Vijayawada, registered a case in 2011 under the relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The accused was caught red-handed on 12 July 2011 while demanding and receiving the bribe.
Following the investigation, a charge sheet was filed before the ACB Court in Vijayawada. After a full trial, Special Judge Justice Bhaska Rao delivered the conviction on 12 December 2025.
