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Dindigul: An Assistant Agricultural Officer successful Vadamadurai and an Extension Officer successful Social Welfare Department successful Dindigul Union were caught redhanded by sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for demanding and accepting bribe successful 2 antithetic incidents successful Dindigul territory connected Wednesday.
In the archetypal case, the AAO, Chandraleka moving successful the Office of Assistant Director of Agriculture successful Vadamadurai had demanded ₹2,500 bribe from a farmer, P. Karuppaiah, 60, of Andikulam successful Vadamadurai for processing his exertion to renew his relationship nether PM-KISAN scheme.
However, Karuppaiah had refused to wage the bribe. The accused serviceman past reduced it to ₹2,000.
Based connected Karuppaiah’s complaint, the DVAC Dindigul territory portion registered a lawsuit and laid a trap for the serviceman and arrested her reddish handed.
In the different case, the Extension Officer, Umarani, 59, had demanded a bribe magnitude of ₹6,000 from M. Priyadarshan, 30, for clearing his exertion seeking assistance for intercaste matrimony nether Dr.Muthulakshmi Reddy Intercaste Assistance Scheme.
Priyadarshan’s exertion submitted successful 2024 was cleared and helium became eligible to get ₹50,000 currency and 8 grams of gold.
Upon bargaining, Priyadarshan brought the bribe magnitude down to ₹3,000.
After his complaint, the DVAC sleuths laid trap and arrested her.
Both the accused were sent to judicial custody.
