
NOB- Bhardradri Kothagudem news: To buy cotton, one has to pay money. If the amount asked is not given, the coupon cannot be issued, and farmer gave Rs. 30,000, the farmer approached the ACB after the mandal agriculture officer demanded that the coupon be issued by the agriculture officer. In Ashwapuram mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, a farmer needs to issue a coupon from the agriculture officer to sell his harvested crop. Without missing the opportunity, the mandal agriculture officer Sai Shanthan Kumar demanded Rs. 30,000. With this, the farmer approached the ACB officials. On 20.02.2025, while he was giving a bribe to the agriculture officer, the ACB officials attacked him and caught him red-handed. This was confirmed by the joint Khammam district ACB DSP Y Ramesh. The ACB is constantly finding government officials taking bribes somewhere in the district. However, there is no change in the attitude of the officials.