Sunday, March 14, 2021

DVAC books health official for graft

DVAC books health official for graft

Madurai:14.03.2021 

The directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) registered a corruption case against deputy director of health services (DDHS), Sivaganga district for acquiring properties worth a few crores of rupees disproportionate to her sources of income. Along with the DDHS Yasodha Mani, her husband Sangaiah has also been booked.

According to the DVAC, she joined government services as health officer in 2007 and was posted as municipal health officer of Vellore municipality. She served two stints in Madurai corporation, first as assistant health officer between 2010-12 and city health officer between 2013 and 2017, before being transferred to Sivaganga district. She had purchased properties mostly under her husband’s name. DVAC in its FIR recently stated that there was no significant properties on her name or her family members until 2010.

She has acquired properties worth ₹2.13 crore disproportionate to her sources of income between 2010 and 2015. During the same period, her income from known sources were just about ₹53 lakh. She had initially purchased a house in Tirupur at the cost of ₹23 lakh. Then the couple purchased a site for ₹50 lakh and also constructed a commercial building at the cost of ₹25 lakh near Thiruparankundram. TNN

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