2 Persons Arrested On Charge Of Bribery
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption on Wednesday arrested the secretary of a co-operative society at Periyanaickenpalayam and a record clerk at the Avanashi taluk office on charge of bribery. It is learnt that Balakrishnan had taken a loan of Rs. 75,000 from the society by mortgaging documents. After the waiver of the loan, when Balakrishnan approached the society for return of documents, secretary Velusamy demanded a bribe of Rs. 4,000.On a complaint, the DVAC sleuths laid a trap. When Balakrishnan was giving money to Velusamy the officials arrested him. In Avanashi, it is learnt that Ponnusamy had applied for a chitta adangal revenue record from the taluk office and record clerk Joseph (40) demanded a bribe of Rs. 1,000. When Ponnusamy was handing over the bribe money, the DVAC officials arrested Joseph.
