7 months ago
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A Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) Grade-II serving astatine the bureau of the Regional Transport Officer, Tiruchi West, astatine Pirattiyur present was arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) connected the complaint of demanding and accepting bribe.
Along with the MVI K. Mani Bharathi, 45, the DVAC squad arrested A. Dileep Kumar, 33, a backstage idiosyncratic who allegedly received the bribe wealth connected the absorption of the Motor Vehicle Inspector.
The enactment was taken by the DVAC acting connected a ailment preferred by Palaniappan of Gundur successful Tiruchi, an ex-serviceman moving a driving schoolhouse successful Tiruchi. DVAC sources said Palaniappan had approached the Motor Vehicle Inspector Mani Bharathi for processing and granting Learners Licence for 2 applicants. The MVI allegedly demanded ₹1,000 arsenic bribe from Mr. Palaniappan.
Unwilling to wage the bribe, Mr. Palaniappan lodged a ailment with the DVAC, Tiruchi unit. The sources said the DVAC laid a trap and arrested the authoritative with the bribe amount. The DVAC squad caught Dileep Kumar, an worker of different driving school, aft helium allegedly received the bribe magnitude connected the absorption of the MVI.
Besides seizing the alleged bribe money, the squad confiscated ₹13,000 unaccounted currency from Dileep Kumar. The MVI and Dileep Kumar were subsequently arrested. A lawsuit nether antithetic provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered. The DVAC squad aboriginal conducted a hunt astatine the residence of the MVI here, the sources added.
