The Hyderabad police have filed a case against Chaitanyapuri TRS corporator Vittal Reddy on Saturday.
According to the police, a person was constructing a building under the Chaitanyapuri limits. Reddy went to the spot and threatened him saying that the permissions of the GHMC for the building would be cancelled if he failed to pay a Rs 10 lakh bribe.
The corporator not only threatened the builder, but also resorted to attacking the latter's construction workers.
The scared building owner approached the police station and lodged a complaint with the police. The police filed cases under IPC sections 324, 341, 385, 447 and 506 against Reddy.