VAO, assistant arrested for accepting bribe near Salem
M Kannaiyan, 46, of Kamakkapalayam village approached VAO S Prabhu, 36, and assistant M Velmurugan, 49, to survey his parcel of land. "Both the VAO and the assistant demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000," a DVAC officer said.
Reluctant to pay the bribe, Kannaiyan filed a complaint with the DVAC. Inspectors Murugan and Ravikumar visited Kannaiyan on Thursday morning. They gave him chemical-coated currency notes to hand them over to the VAO and the assistant.
DVAC sleuths nabbed the duo red-handed while he accepted the money from the farmer.
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