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The Coonoor Municipality Commissioner, M. Ilamparithi, was arrested by the Directorate Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) constabulary for accepting a bribe of ₹2 lakh astatine his residence connected Tuesday evening.
According to the police, the complainant successful the case, C. Ramesh, a nonmigratory of Kotagiri, had applied for program support for a 2,500 quadrate ft gathering successful Kotagiri.
The constabulary said that aft the Assistant Director of the Directorate of Town and Country Planning granted method clearance, the Coonoor Municipality Commissioner, who is besides in-charge of Kotagiri, had failed to rise the request for outgo of fees for the gathering licence to beryllium issued. As the request had not been raised for implicit 2 months, Mr. Ramesh approached the Commissioner, who is said to person demanded ₹6 lakh to process his exertion connected January 9, 2026. After initially refusing, the complainant erstwhile again is said to person approached Ilamparithi who successful crook brought down his request to ₹5 lakh.
On Tuesday, Ilamparithi is said to person asked the complainant to wage him a first-instalment of ₹2 lakh and invited him to a edifice successful Coonoor and past to his residence, wherever helium made a inferior assistant, identified arsenic Vignesh, cod the money.
The DVAC, who had been informed by the complainant of the demand, laid a trap and caught some men. They conducted tests to place whether fingerprints connected the currency notes matched with those of Ilamparithi and Vignesh, pursuing which some men were arrested connected Tuesday evening.
Ilamparithi has go the 2nd municipal commissioner to beryllium arrested since 2024, with the past Udhagamandalam Municipality Commissioner Jahangir Basha arrested with ₹11.7 lakh successful unaccounted currency successful a conveyance successful which helium was travelling.
