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The Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (VACB) recorded its 3rd palmy trap successful arsenic galore days arsenic officers arrested the Olavanna colony serviceman successful Kozhikode for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹50,000 connected Saturday.
An adjunct astatine the Vengoor West colony successful Ernakulam and a temple sub-group serviceman successful Alappuzha were arrested for collecting bribes of ₹5,000 each during the past fewer days.
The back-to-back arrests people 52 trap cases recorded by VACB frankincense acold this year, of which an alarming 70% of the accused are authorities employees. The highest numbers of cases pertain to the Revenue section (19 cases), Local Self-Government section (10 cases), Kerala Police (six cases), Excise section (three cases), and 11 successful assorted different departments.
VACB manager Manoj Abraham said the bureau has compiled a database of officials facing superior corruption allegations and placed them nether adjacent surveillance. He added that each Vigilance units person been directed to intensify their absorption connected bribery cases and fortify mechanisms to forestall corruption.
In the latest development, the Olavanna colony serviceman Ullas Raman N.K. was allegedly caught red-handed portion collecting a bribe of ₹50,000 for completing a onshore conversion process. The gross authoritative demanded a bribe of ₹10,000 per cent from the complainant to undertake onshore conversion formalities for 1.62 acres of land.
When the complainant expressed inability to wage the ample sum, the serviceman allegedly agreed to trim the bribe to ₹8 lakh and insisted that astatine slightest ₹50,000 beryllium paid upfront. Unable to comply and determined to exposure the bribery demand, the complainant approached the Vigilance unit, which nabbed the colony officer. The accused was aboriginal produced earlier the Kozhikode Vigilance Court.
