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A inferior adjunct of theForest Department successful Vellore was arrested by sleuths of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) for demanding and taking a bribe of ₹10,000 from the woman of a deceased wood defender to merchandise pending wage dues.
DVAC sources said that the complainant J. Shanthi, 55, is woman of deceased Jayavel, a nonmigratory successful Ranipet. Jayavel served arsenic wood defender successful Puttuthakku RF successful Ranipet territory earlier helium retired successful 2022. His wage was revised nether the Seventh Pay Commission. However, the revised wage dues were not released to him.
After his retirement, Jayavel utilized to sojourn the divisional bureau of Forest Department successful Vellore to question the merchandise of revised wage dues of ₹2.18 lakh for the years betwixt 2012 and 2022.
Officer demands bribe
As helium died successful 2024, Santhi, Jayavel’s wife, had been frequenting the divisional wood bureau to assertion the dues. She requested Elumalai, inferior adjunct astatine the office, to wide the documents related to pending dues of her husband.
However, Elumalai allegedly demanded a sum of ₹10,000 for the purpose.
Unwilling to wage the bribe, Shanthi lodged a ailment with the DVAC. A seven-member squad led by K. Sankar, Deputy SP, DVAC (Vellore), laid a trap and caught Ellumali. A lawsuit has been registered against him. A probe is nether way.
