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The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), Erode Detachment, has registered a lawsuit against an authoritative of the Water Resources Department and a quarry proprietor connected charges of attempting to person and connection a bribe connected October 15.
Acting connected a tip-off that currency was being distributed to officials by contractors, a five-member DVAC squad led by Inspector M. Rekha raided the bureau of the Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, Lower Bhavani Basin Division, at Konavaikal in Erode connected Wednesday evening.
During the check, the squad found Kandasamy (61), a quarry proprietor from Bhavani, successful possession of ₹3.50 lakh, which helium was astir to manus implicit to Kumaresan (51), Assistant Executive Engineer of the Karur sub-division. Preliminary inquiries revealed that the wealth was intended arsenic a Deepavali gift for the official.
The currency was seized connected the spot, and aft inquiry, a lawsuit was registered against Kandasamy for attempting to connection a bribe and against Kumaresan for attempting to person a bribe. The seized wealth was aboriginal deposited successful the government treasury.
The division’s office has jurisdiction implicit the LBP canal in Erode, Karur, and Tiruppur districts, and Kumaresan is successful complaint of operations in Karur district, officials said.
