Date:25/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/25/stories/2008112558400300.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Detained on graft charge

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption police on Monday arrested a Firka Surveyor attached to the Ambattur taluk office after he took a bribe of Rs.10,000 from an applicant seeking transfer of patta.

On a complaint from G. Vijayakumar (42) of Thanigachalam Nagar that the Firka Surveyor, D. Thangavelu (52), had demanded bribe, a DVAC team laid a trap and arrested the official after he took the money.

Thangavelu was produced in a city court and remanded to judicial custody, the release added.