Officials from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption caught a Special Sub-Inspector red-handed while taking a bribe of ₹10,000 from a person here.
Kidnapping case
According to official sources, Shanmugham, an SSI with Velagoundampatti police station, allegedly demanded ₹10,000 from Selvakumar in Manathi here to remove his name from the charge-sheet in a kidnapping case registered last year.
Selvakumar alerted the DVAC officials. On Saturday, Selvakumar paid ₹10,000 to Shanmugham and the DVAC sleuths caught the SSI red-handed. Vigilance officials are investigating.