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Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) officers connected Thursday day arrested a clerk astatine the Pudussery grama panchayat bureau for allegedly accepting a bribe to contented a residence certificate.
Sreejit Gopinath, 39, was caught red-handed portion accepting ₹2,500 from a complainant from Kanjikode.
The complainant had applied for a residence certificate for his tenant, a autochthonal of Thiruvananthapuram who lives successful a location owned by him. The certificate was needed to get a loan, and the exertion had been submitted done an Akshaya centre.
When the complainant visited the panchayat bureau to cheque connected the application, Mr. Gopinath said a location inspection was required. After visiting the house, helium said determination were complications arsenic the spot was registered successful the sanction of the complainant’s begetter and asked him to nutrient the father’s decease certificate.
When the complainant produced the documents, Mr. Gopinath allegedly demanded ₹2,500 to contented the certificate and insisted the magnitude beryllium paid successful cash.
The complainant approached the VACB, which laid a trap. Mr. Gopinath was arrested portion accepting the money.
He volition beryllium produced earlier the Vigilance tribunal successful Thrissur.
The Vigilance section urged the nationalist to study corruption done its toll-free fig 1064, oregon 85929 00900, oregon WhatsApp 94477 89100.
