TNPDCL junior engineer arrested on bribery charge

A inferior technologist of the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TNPDCL) was arrested by officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), Tiruchi, connected Saturday for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹3,000 from a husbandman for providing a escaped energy transportation to his cultivation land.

According to DVAC sources, Muthu of Kombai successful Thuraiyur taluk had applied done TAHDCO for a escaped cultivation energy connection. Though funds had reportedly been sanctioned, the transportation was delayed. When helium approached the inferior technologist astatine the Sengattupatti bureau of the TNPDCL connected February 27, the authoritative allegedly demanded ₹3,000 to process the application.