Andhra Railway Constable Gets 7-Year Jail Term In 2018 Bribery Case

A special Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday sentenced a Government Railway Police head constable to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case dating back to 2018. 

Special Judge N. Srividya convicted Sreepathi Devadanam(57), a head constable at the Government Railway Police Station in Yerraguntla, YSR Kadapa district, and imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh.

According to the ACB, Bathala Padmavathi of Valasapalli village had approached the Yerraguntla Railway



Police Station in January 2018 seeking copies of the FIR, inquest report, post-mortem report and final report related to the death of her elder son, B. Sivasankar, who had died after falling under a train between Yerragudipadu and Yerraguntla. 

The ACB said Devadanam, who was investigating the case, demanded a bribe of Rs 9,000 for providing the documents. Unable to pay the bribe, the complainant approached ACB officials. On January 29, 2018, ACB officials caught Devadanam red-handed while allegedly demanding and accepting the Rs 9,000 bribe.