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Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) officers connected Wednesday arrested Venkiteswara Babu, erstwhile cultivation serviceman of Agali, Attappady, who had been absconding for years pursuing his condemnation successful a corruption case.
In 2006, Babu had allegedly embezzled funds that were meant to compensate farmers for harvest losses caused by earthy disasters. The Palakkad Vigilance Unit filed a lawsuit against him, and the Vigilance Court successful Thrissur recovered him blameworthy successful 2016, sentencing him to 3 years’ imprisonment and imposing a good of ₹10,000.
Although helium challenged the verdict successful the High Court, his plea was dismissed, and helium was directed to service the sentence. Babu had evaded authorities since then.
He volition present beryllium produced earlier the Vigilance Court successful Thrissur.
