Revenue staff gets 2-yr jail term in bribery case
A revenue department staff was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court here on Tuesday in a seven-year-old bribery case.
Published: 12th December 2018 02:01 AM |
By Express News Service
CHENNAI : A revenue department staff was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court here on Tuesday in a seven-year-old bribery case.According to prosecution, R Sekar, then serving as a junior assistant in Mylapore taluk office, had demanded `4,500 as bribe from one C Sekar to issue a patta in 2011. Initially, the complainant paid `500 and the official had asked him to pay the remaining sum the following day.
The complainant approached Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption.R sekar was caught red-handed when accepting the bribe from the complainant.A Special Court under Prevention of Corruption Act on Tuesday pronounced him guilty. Besides the two-year jail term, the judge S Hermies imposed a fine of `3,000 on him.
A revenue department staff was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court here on Tuesday in a seven-year-old bribery case.
Published: 12th December 2018 02:01 AM |
By Express News Service
CHENNAI : A revenue department staff was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a court here on Tuesday in a seven-year-old bribery case.According to prosecution, R Sekar, then serving as a junior assistant in Mylapore taluk office, had demanded `4,500 as bribe from one C Sekar to issue a patta in 2011. Initially, the complainant paid `500 and the official had asked him to pay the remaining sum the following day.
The complainant approached Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption.R sekar was caught red-handed when accepting the bribe from the complainant.A Special Court under Prevention of Corruption Act on Tuesday pronounced him guilty. Besides the two-year jail term, the judge S Hermies imposed a fine of `3,000 on him.
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