Coimbatore: Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Thursday arrested two employees of the Tamil Nadu generation and distribution corporation for accepting a bribe from a farmer.
The arrested people were identified as K Rajendran, a junior engineer at the Tangedco office at Annur, and D Elango, line inspector at Tangedco office at Vadakkalur.
Annur-based farmer B Kanagaraj had paid Rs 2.75 lakh under the tatkal scheme to get electricity connection to his agricultural field three months ago. When he approached Rajendran and Elango and inquired about the connection, Rajendran demanded Rs 15,000. Elango asked him to pay up on Thursday.
Kanagaraj approached DVAC deputy superintendent of police T H Ganesh, who laid a trap. On Thursday afternoon, a DVAC team caught Elango red-handed while accepting Rs 15,000 from Kanagaraj at his office. The sleuths instructed Rajendran to visit the office for inquiry and also arrested him.
The duo was booked under Section 7 (A) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.