Tirupur: Deputy tahsildar held for taking Rs 10,000 bribe

COIMBATORE: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths have arrested Palladam zonal deputy tahsildar in Tirupur district for taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a person to change the name in patta.
According to a DVAC source, a resident of Kethanur village had approached the deputy tahsildar, 44-year-old S Meganathan, for changing the name in patta on July 2. The officer, however, demanded Rs10,000 from him for the same.
The resident, whose identity the source refused to divulge, approached the DVAC sleuths, who led by deputy superintendent of police C Dakshinamoorthy, laid a trap to nab the deputy tahsildar.
“We gave the resident chemical coated currencies, asking him to hand the same over to the deputy tahsildar at the taluk office on Monday evening. We caught Meganathan red-handed taking the bribe,” the source said.
DVAC sleuths have registered a case against the deputy tahsildar under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act. He was later produced before a judicial magistrate, who remanded him in judicial custody.