SCB corridor: Hyderabad Collector suspends official over bribery allegations

Hyderabad: Hyderabad District Collector Priyanka Ala has suspended ad hoc tahsildar Archana over allegations of illegally collecting money from property owners affected by the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) elevated corridor project proposed between Paradise Circle and Dairy Farm Road on National Highway-44.

“Hyderabad District Collector Priyanka Ala ordered the immediate suspension of ad hoc tahsildar Archana following corruption allegations involving the collection of money from people displaced by the NH-44 Paradise-Dairy Farm corridor project,” according to an official release from the Hyderabad Collectorate.

Collector Priyanka Ala appointed Special Executive Magistrate Jyothi as the inquiry officer and directed her to investigate the allegations and promptly submit a report, the release said.