Block health officer arrested for taking Rs 25,000 bribe from Tuticorin college
TNN | Nov 30, 2018, 03.58 PM IST MADURAI:
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) arrested a block health supervisor in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu on Friday after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a private college to issue a sanitary certificate.
The arrested officer has been identified as Alvarappan, 55, who is the block health supervisor at Eral.
Sources said in September, G U Pope College of Education at Sawyerpuram in Tuticorin applied for the sanitary certificate. As the process of issuing the certificate had got delayed, college authorities approached the health department officials, who in turn told them that it would be issued after inspection and certification by the block health supervisor.
On behalf of the college, staff member Jayakumar met Alvarappan, who demanded Rs 65,000 as bribe to issue the certificate. Later, he reduced the bribe amount to Rs 25,000 when the college refused to pay the amount.
The college management decided to deal the issue legally. Jayakumar lodged a complaint with the DVAC on Thursday evening.
As directed by DVAC deputy superintendent of police Dharmaraj, chemical coated currencies were given to Jayakumar so that he could hand them over to the official.
On Friday morning, Alvarappan came to the entrance of the private college where a team of six DVAC sleuths, led by inspector A Annamalai, caught him red-handed when he received the chemical coated currencies.
Alvarappan was booked under Section 7(A) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
TNN | Nov 30, 2018, 03.58 PM IST MADURAI:
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) arrested a block health supervisor in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu on Friday after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a private college to issue a sanitary certificate.
The arrested officer has been identified as Alvarappan, 55, who is the block health supervisor at Eral.
Sources said in September, G U Pope College of Education at Sawyerpuram in Tuticorin applied for the sanitary certificate. As the process of issuing the certificate had got delayed, college authorities approached the health department officials, who in turn told them that it would be issued after inspection and certification by the block health supervisor.
On behalf of the college, staff member Jayakumar met Alvarappan, who demanded Rs 65,000 as bribe to issue the certificate. Later, he reduced the bribe amount to Rs 25,000 when the college refused to pay the amount.
The college management decided to deal the issue legally. Jayakumar lodged a complaint with the DVAC on Thursday evening.
As directed by DVAC deputy superintendent of police Dharmaraj, chemical coated currencies were given to Jayakumar so that he could hand them over to the official.
On Friday morning, Alvarappan came to the entrance of the private college where a team of six DVAC sleuths, led by inspector A Annamalai, caught him red-handed when he received the chemical coated currencies.
Alvarappan was booked under Section 7(A) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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