DVAC arrests Tangedco sta‹, wireman
Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption police arrested a sta of the Tangedco and a wireman on bribery charge on Friday.
Following a complaint from Mohamed Bilal of Devipattinam, the police registered a case. The complainant stated that he had applied for shifting of an electric wire passing above his premises and remitted online payment of ₹42,900. Despite having submitted all papers, the Tangedco ocials delayed. When he went to the Assistant Engineer, Tangedco oce, a sta identi¢ed as Ramesh Babu had allegedly demanded ₹9000 as bribe -- ₹3000 for the AE and ₹6000 for the labourers. Shocked about the demand and refusal to complete the work without taking the money, Bilal lodged the complaint.
After taking the currencies laced with chemical properties, Bilal handed over the money, when
DVAC sleuths caught Ramesh Babu and wireman Kandasami red-handed.
Based on their confession, the DVAC police interrogated the AE, whose name was given as Selvi.
Virudhunagar
In another incident reported in Virudhunagar district, the DVAC police arrested a woman sta from the municipal oce on Friday. It is said that based on a complaint from an autorickshaw driver Vasudevan (48) of Nalla Kutralam
Street, Srivilliputtur, the police registered a case.
The complainant said that he had a piece of land on Singamada Street, Srivilliputtur. He submitted an application for obtaining a plan approval for the proposed building. It is said that the woman sta Jothimani (58) reportedly demanded ₹10,000 as bribe for getting the approval process cleared.
Hence, the DVAC ocials caught the sta while she was taking the cash from the complainant.