Published Mar 19, 2026 | 11:02 AM ⚊ Updated Mar 19, 2026 | 11:02 AM
Tainted officers Gundeti Ramu and Jakkani Venu. Credit: x.com/TelanganaACB
Synopsis: Telangana ACB on 18 March arrested Excise Inspector Gundeti Ramu and associate Jakkani Venu in Karimnagar for allegedly extorting a jaggery merchant. Bribes routed via UPI between 2022–24; officials seized ₹20 lakh unaccounted cash.
Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday, 18 March, nabbed a Prohibition and Excise Inspector from Karimnagar Urban along with one of his associates for allegedly extorting money from a jaggery trader.
According to ACB, the officer in question, Gundeti Ramu—who had earlier served as a station house officer in Vemulawada—was in the habit of collecting routine “mamool” payments from the merchant through his friend and former colleague, Jakkani Venu, a secondary grade teacher based in Obulapur.
Gundeti Ramu, a Prohibition & Excise Inspector in Karimnagar Urban, and Jakkani Venu were taken into custody by Telangana #ACB officials in a ACB case. During his tenure as SHO in Vemulawada, Gundeti Ramu received illegal #bribe (mamools) from a jaggery merchant on a regular… pic.twitter.com/1x6ptRsM7s
— ACB Telangana (@TelanganaACB) March 18, 2026
Investigators revealed that these illicit payments were channelled via UPI transactions between 2022 and 2024. A recent search of Ramu’s residence led officials to seize ₹20 lakh in unaccounted cash.
A formal case has been registered, and further enquiries are currently in progress.
