Tamil Nadu: Ex-revenue officials jailed for 4 years – Times of India

CHENNAI: A former deputy tahsildar and his subordinate were found guilty of graft charges by a special court in Chengelpet district.
The two of them were sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment by the special court after it held that the prosecution proved all charges against them. The revenue official had demanded a bribe of Rs5,000 from a person for carrying out his duty and the subordinate had received the amount on the official’s instruction.
The accused officials J Selvam and M Kuppusamy were working as deputy tahsildar and record clerk at Taluk officer in Uthiramerur between January 2012 and January 2013.
According to the prosecution, in the second week of December 2012, a person had approached Selvam to issue Adangal — a type of revenue record which contains details of land, area, ownership, liabilities and other details — for which the revenue official had demanded a bribe other than the legal remuneration.
Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the vigilance and anti-corruption police in Kancheepuram who laid a trap and caught the clerk while collecting the chemical-soaked currency notes meant for the deputy tahsildar.