VAO arrested in Villupuram
A village administrative officer in Villupuram district was arrested by sleuths from Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption on Wednesday while he was demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.20,000 for patta name transfer.
By : migrator
Update: 2021-08-26 01:24 GMT
Chennai
The complainant had approached the DVAC unit, Villupuram and gave complaint that he had applied for Patta name transfer for his land at Village Administrative Office, Thailapuram Village, Vanur Taluk, Villupuram, for which M.Raju, Village Administrative Officer demanded Rs.20,000 as bribe for processing his application. In this connection a case was registered and a trap was organised on Wednesday by DVAC team. During trap proceedings, the accused M.Raju, Village Administrative Officer, reiterated his earlier demand and received the bribe amount of Rs.20,000 from the complainant, following which accused was arrested, a press release from DVAC said.
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