Telangana University VC arrested for accepting bribe of INR 50,000

The Vice Chancellor of Telangana University was caught red-handed and arrested for taking INR 50,000 bribe. Recently, the Vice Chancellor of Telangana University and the executive committee of the varsity were at loggerheads over the appointment of the Registrar to Telangana University.

Telangana University Vice-Chancellor, Dachepalli Ravinder, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly accepting INR 50,000 in bribes from a member of an educational society.

He has been arrested by the anti-corruption bureau on charges of accepting a bribe of INR 50,000 at his residence in Hyderabad.

As per reports, the 63-year-old VC had demanded and accepted a bribe of INR 50,000 from Dasari Shankar for allotting an examination centre to the complainant's college at Bheemgal for 2022-23.

Officials said that in this case, a complainant had informed about the bribe. It is alleged that the Vice-Chancellor had demanded a bribe in lieu of allotting an examination centre in Bhimgal for 2022-23. The bribe amount was said to have been recovered from the closet of his master bedroom, officials said.

"It has been written in the complaint that the VC demanded a bribe first and then received it. The said amount was recovered from the cupboard kept in the bedroom of the Vice-Chancellor's house," said the officials.

Recently, the Vice Chancellor and the executive committee of the varsity were at loggerheads over the appointment of the Registrar to Telangana University, as reported by NDTV.

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