Retired Tangedco engineer gets 2-year jail term in graft case
Trichy: A special court for Prevention of Corruption Act cases in Trichy on Wednesday sentenced a 77-year-old retired Tangedco additional chief engineer to two years' imprisonment in a bribery case filed by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), Trichy.
In 2005, P Saravanan, an electrical supervisor at a private industrial oxygen plant in Thuvakudi, had approached the then additional chief engineer, Arumugam, seeking an increase in electricity load from 175 kVA to 200 kVA. Arumugam allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹10,000 to process the request.
Unwilling to pay the bribe, Saravanan lodged a complaint with DVAC. Acting on the complaint, officials laid a trap and caught Arumugam red-handed in Nov 2005 while accepting ₹5,000 in chemical-laced currency notes.
After hearing the final arguments, the special court on Wednesday found Arumugam guilty and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment along with a fine of ₹20,000.
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