Official nabbed while taking ₹1 lakh bribe
Dindigul: 08.01.2021
Sleuths from the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) arrested an assistant director in the town and country planning department after catching him red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of 1 lakh on Thursday. The action was taken following a complaint lodged by Naatrayan, 65, of Karur.
Naatrayan owned a piece of land at Eriyodu in Dindigul district and wanted to partition it. He approached A Muthukrishnan, 53, the assistant director. Since the plot was more than one lakh sqft, Muthukrishnan told Naatrayan that it has to be referred to the director of town and country planning in Chennai.
Muthukrishnan allegedly demanded 2 lakh as bribe for recommending the partition and writing to the director. Naatrayan refused and after negotiation it was agreed that he would give 1 lakh. Naatrayan approached the DVAC who gave him chemical-coated currencies to hand them over to Muthukrishnan.
On Thursday, Naatrayan went to the office on the Trichy Road to meet Muthukrishnan. When he came out of his office to receive the bribe, he was caught by the DVAC team led by deputy superintendent of police Nagarajan. TNN
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