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The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau’s (VACB) Idukki portion connected Tuesday arrested a erstwhile artifact improvement serviceman of Devikulam who had been convicted successful a bribery lawsuit but had been absconding to evade imprisonment.
M.G. Ajayakumar, 68, a autochthonal of Amaravila successful Thiruvananthapuram, had been absconding, refusing to look earlier the vigilance court, aft his entreaty against his condemnation successful the bribery lawsuit had been rejected by some the Kerala High Court and the Supreme Court.
The lawsuit dates backmost to 2013. The VACB had caught Ajayakumar, who was the Devikulam artifact improvement officer, red-handed erstwhile helium was accepting a bribe of ₹5,000 that helium had demanded for the merchandise of the past instalment of funds sanctioned nether a lodging scheme. The apprehension was pursuing a ailment by a nonmigratory of Pooppara, Idukki
In 2017, the Muvattupuzha Vigilance Court had recovered Ajayakumar blameworthy and had sentenced him to a year’s rigorous imprisonment and had imposed a good of ₹20,000.
Ajayakumar went connected to entreaty against this verdict successful the High Court, which upheld his conviction. He past approached the Supreme Court by filing a Special Leave Petition, but the apex tribunal refused to see his petition.
Instead of appearing earlier the vigilance tribunal to service the sentence, Ajayakumar past went absconding. The VACB arrested him connected Tuesday greeting from his residence astatine Amaravila.
He was produced earlier the Muvattupuzha vigilance tribunal and aboriginal remanded to the Viyyur Central Prison.
Vigilance Director Manoj Abraham has appealed to the nationalist to study each accusation related to corruption done the Vigilance toll-free fig 1064, telephone fig 85929 00900, oregon the WhatsApp fig 94477 89100.
