In a shocking incident, a censor board official from Hyderabad was caught red-handed while taking bribe. CBI has caught Central Censor Board member Srinivas Rao on Friday while receiving Rs 10,000 from Telugu producer. According to TV reports, the Censor Board officer demanded Rs 1 Lakh as bribe from Andala Chandamama producer Prasad Reddy to issue clean U certificate. Although producer tried his best to pacify, the censor board officer apparently didn't budge.

Fazed by this, the producer said to have approached the CBI. Acting upon the information provided by producer Prasad, CBI has caught the Censor official. The incident sent shock waves among Telugu film fraternity.

Not long ago, huge controversy related to Censor Board broke. It may be noted that Narendra Modi government appointed new Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) after previous Censor Board chief Leela Samson quit the position. Samson had cited "interference and coercion" by the government as her reason for her stepping down.