AO Neeraja was suspended from service

Hyderabad June 02: Andhra Pradesh born official was working in Telangana state Agriculture Department as an AO, her name Neeraja. She was suspended from the services for allegedly demanding a bribe from an unemployed youth.

P.Kanna Reddy, an engineering graduate, of Erravalli village in Vikarabad district wanted to set up a fertilizer business in Mominpet along with his brother Shekar Reddy. They applied for a licence to start the business in early March but the officer allegedly did not process the application for almost two months.

When Shekar approached the AO to find out the reasons for the delay, she allegedly demanded 20,000 as the bribe for the issuance of the licence. Kanna confronted the officer for demanding the bribe and is said to have recorded the conversation with the AO in which the latter demanded the bribe.

Meanwhile, Neeraja lodged a complaint with the Mominpet police alleging that Shekar and Kanna had been harassing her and obstructing her from performing duties. A case was registered following her complaint.



On May 19 Kanna and Shekar were arrested by the police at the AO's office. They were allegedly beaten up and forced to delete the audio clips from Kanna's phone. The brothers have thrashed again on the next day. When his health deteriorated due to the police torture, Kanna was admitted to a private hospital.

Doctors found that both the kidneys of Kanna were badly damaged. Kanna approached Vikarabad SP who ordered an inquiry by DSP T Swamy. Taking serious note of the incident, the government suspended the official.

While Neeraja claimed that she did not commit any mistake. Instead, she claims being harassed by the youth who also abused her several times calling her a 'Non-local' Andhra woman.