VACB arrests village officer on charge of accepting bribe

A peculiar squad of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) connected Saturday arrested the Olavanna colony serviceman who was accused of taking bribes for amerciable conversion of 1.62 acres of onshore for concern purposes. The accused is Ullasmon, a autochthonal of Kothamangalam successful Ernakulam. VACB sources said the authoritative was nabbed with ₹50,000, which helium had allegedly accepted arsenic the archetypal instalment from the onshore owner. In the preliminary investigation, the squad recovered that the authoritative had reportedly sought ₹8 lakh for the onshore conversion process.

Published - November 30, 2025 09:28 americium IST