Village panchayat Executive Officer held for bribery in Erode

Sleuths from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), Erode detachment, connected Tuesday (March 3, 2026) arrested an Executive Officer of a colony panchayat successful Perundurai artifact for reportedly accepting a bribe.

The arrested was identified arsenic Marichamy, Executive Officer of Nichampalayam colony panchayat. Sources said, Dinesh, a nonmigratory of Nichampalayam, had applied for the transportation of his precocious begetter Shanmugam’s sanction successful the spot taxation receipt. It is alleged that the authoritative demanded ₹6,000 to process the application.