Tangedco AE held on graft charge in Virudhunagar
A team of sleuths of Virudhunagar district unit of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, led by its Additional Superintendent of Police K. Ramachandran, and Inspectors R. Boominathan and Jasmine Mumtaz, laid a trap and arrested the accused.
According to DVAC sources, the house-owner had sought to shift the electricity connection with the Assistant Engineer of Tangedco, Virudhunagar, Rural North. He had reportedly demanded ₹35,000 to sanction the work.
Unwilling to give the bribe money, the woman had lodged a complaint with the DVAC following which the sleuths laid a trap and caught him while he accepted the money at the woman's house in the afternoon.
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