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The Ernakulam portion of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) arrested 2 Forest officials for allegedly accepting ₹1 lakh arsenic bribe from a edifice manager aft threatening to implicate employees successful a wildlife case.
The arrested are Deputy Range Officer Sreejith C.P. of Alappuzha and Section Forest Officer Jimmy Scaria of Piravom, some attached to the Mekkapala Forest Station.
According to the VACB, Jimmy Scaria was caught red-handed portion accepting bribe adjacent MGM School, Kuruppampady, astir 9.45 p.m. connected Thursday. Sreejith was aboriginal apprehended adjacent a wood timber depot astatine Mudikkal.
The lawsuit stems from the apprehension of 2 employees of a edifice astatine Kakkanad connected April 16 for allegedly sidesplitting a show lizard. After securing bail, they were directed to study earlier the wood presumption each Wednesday.
When they appeared astatine the presumption connected May 6, officials allegedly threatened to implicate much unit unless wealth was paid to “settle” the case. The adjacent day, the accused officials and others reportedly visited the restaurant, examined CCTV footage and warned that each employees could beryllium arrested.
The complainant aboriginal approached the VACB, which laid a trap and arrested the officials.
