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Time of India
28-05-2025
- Time of India
Land surveyor arrested in Salem for accepting bribe
SALEM: A land surveyor has been arrested in Salem city for taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a man who approached him for a patta transfer. M Shankar, 45, who is employed at the Salem West tahsildar's office, demanded Rs 5,000 from S Kannan, 40, of Pudu Road for the patta transfer. Kannan, who was reluctant to pay the bribe, filed a complaint with the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption (DVAC) on Tuesday. DVAC officers, under the direction of inspector Ravikumar, provided Kannan with chemical-coated currency notes. They caught Shankar red-handed while he accepted the bribe money from Kannan near Cholampallam bus stop. Shankar was remanded in judicial custody.
Time of India
29-04-2025
- Time of India
Treasury officer arrested for taking bribe in Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri: Officials from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption (DVAC) arrested a sub-treasury officer for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a retired teacher in exchange for facilitating her pension benefits in Palacode in Dharmapuri district on Tuesday. P Kavitha, 50, of Alrajigounder Street in Palacode, was a teacher at Sikkardhanaalli Government Middle School. After taking voluntary retirement two years ago due to health issues, she has been seeking the government dues amounting to Rs 29.5 lakh. Despite receiving approval from the education department, the Palacode sub-treasury office delayed the release of her funds. M Ramachandran, 42, an additional sub-treasury officer at the same office, allegedly requested Rs 10,000 to expedite the payment. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Google Brain Co-Founder Andrew Ng, Recommends: Read These 5 Books And Turn Your Life Around Blinkist: Andrew Ng's Reading List Undo Refusing to comply, Kavitha lodged a complaint with DVAC DSP Nagarajan on Monday. Subsequently, DVAC officials provided her with chemically marked currency to use as bribe money. When Kavitha handed over the cash to Ramachandran, Nagaraj and Inspector Perumal, who were monitoring the situation, arrested him on the spot.
