The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC), Tiruchi unit arrested two Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) staff on bribe charge here on Tuesday.
The accused - Bilal who is the Commercial Inspector (in-charge) and Barnabas, a Foreman - were produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate court here and remanded to judicial custody. They were lodged in the Central Prison.
DVAC sources said the accused demanded Rs. 1,000 as bribe apart from the legal fee from M. Bashir Ahmed (40), a resident of Valluvar Nagar in Airport area, for arranging a new service connection.
Bashir Ahmed who owns a house at Valluvar Nagar had decided to bifurcate his home into two to set aside a portion for rent. He had applied for new service connection for the bifurcated portion to the office of the Asssistant Executive Engineer (Operation & Maintenance), TNEB at Sembattu a few days ago.
Sources said that the DVAC registered a case upon receiving a complaint from Bashir Ahmed on Monday. A trap was laid and Bilal and Barnabas were caught red handed while obtaining the bribe amount from Bashir Ahmed.
