Official arrested on graft charge

October 24, 2016 10:00 pm | Updated 10:00 pm IST

TIRUCHI: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) sleuths arrested a Personal Assistant of Senior Regional Manager of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation here on Monday on graft charge.

The officials seized Rs. 7,000 received as bribe from the possession of R. Saravanakumar. The DVAC acted on a complaint preferred by Bharathi, a supervisor of TASMAC shop at Pettavaithalai near Tiruchi.

According to DVAC sources, Saravanakumar had demanded Rs. 7,000 as bribe from Bharathi and another person, Saravanakumar, a salesman of the shop so as to not to make any adverse report against the two following an inspection.

Acting on the complaint, the DVAC officials trapped the Personal Assistant when he allegedly obtained the bribe in his office at the old Collectorate here. Further investigation is on.

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