Two Palnadu constables suspended over a ₹5 lakh demand in Macherla

Two police constables in Palnadu district were suspended for allegedly demanding ₹5 lakh from a Bangladeshi national identified as Rai, who has allegedly practised as a quack treating haemorrhoids in Macherla for nearly two decades. The action, reported on 31 August 2026 with a Vijayawada dateline, followed an inquiry opened while district police implement a recent Union government circular to identify foreign nationals, verify legal status, and begin deportation processes where stay is illegal.

According to the inquiry account that reached the public record, a Palnadu district special-branch constable and another constable attached to the district police office visited Rai’s clinic, examined documents including a passport, and allegedly offered to “facilitate” verification by legal means — for a price. The demand cited in the report is ₹5 lakh. Rai told the inquiry that the constables also collected a portion of that amount. The suspension order followed senior officials’ decision that the allegation required immediate disciplinary action.

Palnadu additional superintendent of police Rohit Kumar Chowdary was monitoring the larger verification drive when the complaint surfaced. That detail matters because it places the bribe allegation inside an official foreign-national verification programme rather than a random private quarrel. When the state asks police to check papers, the first duty is process, not brokerage.

Police said Rai’s documents and legal status will now undergo detailed verification under Union government procedures. The suspension of the two constables does not, by itself, decide Rai’s nationality case. It does decide that alleged rent-seeking on top of a verification visit will not be treated as a minor internal embarrassment. Disciplinary suspension is an administrative step; criminal consequences, if any, will depend on what the inquiry and any subsequent case record establish.

Macherla’s local context makes the story sharper. A person alleged to have practised as a quack for nearly twenty years is already on the wrong side of medical regulation if the allegation holds. Layering an alleged police shakedown onto a foreign-national verification visit converts a compliance drive into a corruption scandal. The public is entitled to both threads: whether Rai’s stay and practice were lawful, and whether constables tried to sell the verification.

This cutting records only what the 31 August report supports: two named postings (special branch and district police office), a ₹5 lakh demand allegation, a partial collection claim by Rai to the inquiry, monitoring by the additional SP, suspensions ordered by seniors, and a promise of detailed document verification under Centre procedures. It does not invent passport numbers, clinic addresses beyond Macherla, or a completed deportation order.