Three including VAO arrested for bribery in Namakkal

Three persons, including a Village Administrative Officer (VAO), were arrested for bribery successful Namakkal connected Tuesday (January 6, 2026).

According to the police, a husbandman residing successful Pudhu Puliyampatti adjacent Tiruchengode chopped down thenar trees without obtaining support from the Revenue Department. To debar enactment against him, VAO Gunasekaran (58) allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹40,000 and had received ₹20,000. But unwilling to supply the afloat amount, the husbandman approached Namakkal Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) and they acceptable a trap and instructed him to springiness the bribe.

Based connected their instructions, the husbandman gave the bribe to the Vijayakumar (42), the hubby of Devi (38), who is Gunasekaran’s adjunct and they caught him red-handed. The DVAC registered a lawsuit and arrested Gunasekaran, Devi and Vijayakumar.