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The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Wing constabulary arrested the Village Administrative Officer of Koodankulam portion taking ₹25,000 bribe from a manual labourer connected Tuesday.
DVAC sources said B. Vijaya of Koodankulam submitted an exertion during the ‘Ungaludan Stalin’ campy connected August 21 past seeking transportation of sanction successful the patta of a spot – 1.50 cents of onshore with a tiny location – successful the sanction of her hubby A. Bhaskar, besides a labourer, arsenic her father-in-law Ayyakannu passed away. She had besides attached each applicable documents.
On September 18, the colony adjunct contacted Ms. Vijaya implicit the telephone and asked her to conscionable Village Administrative Officer of Koodankulam Stalwin Jayaseelan, 44, hailing from Paalapallam adjacent Karungal successful Kanniyakumari district.
When the pistillate met the VAO, Stalwin Jayaseelan asked her to springiness ₹30,000 arsenic bribe for ‘patta sanction transfer’. After she pleaded with him to trim the amount, the VAO agreed to transportation the patta successful the sanction of her hubby Mr. Bhaskar if she was acceptable to springiness him ₹25,000.
Upset implicit this, Ms. Vijaya filed a ailment with the DVAC wing. Deputy Superintendent of Police Mclaurin Escol and Inspector Robin Gnanasingh caught him red-handed connected Tuesday evening erstwhile Stalwin Jayaseelan took ₹25,000 from Ms. Vijaya.
When Stalwin Jayaseelan was taken successful the constabulary vehicle, astir 150 Koodankulam villagers, who gathered astatine the spot, raised slogans hailing the constabulary for arresting a “tainted VAO”, who underwent a aesculapian introspection successful Koodankulam Government Hospital and was remanded successful judicial custody successful the night.
