Coimbatore: Tamilnadu Electricity Board employee who received a bribe of Rs. 2000 from a farmer to change the name of the electricity connection in Pollachi was arrested today by the DVAC officers.
Coimbatore: Tamilnadu Electricity Board employee who received a bribe of Rs. 2000 from a farmer to change the name of the electricity connection in Pollachi was arrested today by the DVAC officers.
Amarnath is a farmer from Kongal town near Pollachi. He has recently purchased 4 acres of agricultural land from Jayavel in Pannaikinatu near Kudimangalam.
He sought the Electricity Board office in Pollachi-Udumalai Road to change the name of the electricity connection to the land.
Augustine Christopher, the electricity account supervisor who works there, has demanded a bribe of Rs 2,000 to change the name on the electricity connection. Following this, he was forced to provide a bribe of 500 rupees to Christopher.
He has also said that the name will be changed only if the remaining amount is paid.
Affected by this, Amarnath lodged a complaint with the District Vigilance and Anti-Corruption department.
Following this, police led by Sasileka, an undercover anti-corruption investigator who was there today, bribed Augustine Christopher to bribe farmers with chemical powdered banknotes.
Later, the Coimbatore District Vigilance Anti-Corruption Police filed a case against him and produced Augustine Christopher in a special court in Coimbatore.