Land surveyor arrested by DVAC over bribery prices

A 37-year-old land surveyor connected to Walajah Panchayat Union in Ranipet was arrested by sleuths of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Saturday for demanding and taking a bribe of ₹37,000 from a former military personnel to facilitate a reputation change in land patta doc.

DVAC sources mentioned that the complainant A.Ok. Karthikeyan, 53, a former military personnel, and his spouse Ok. Poongodi have been dwelling in Ammoor village close to Walajah city within the district for a few years.

In March, Karthikeyan and his spouse inherited an acre of farmland and an unbiased home within the village from his father in-law. As his father in-law died a number of weeks later as a consequence of previous age, Karthikeyan determined to alter the title of the property proprietor within the land doc to his title. Subsequently, Karthikeyan utilized on-line for a reputation change on August 18. Since then, he had been visiting the Walajah panchayat union workplace for the title change many instances.

In September, he was knowledgeable by the panchayat union surveyor, Ok. Chitra, the accused, that he ought to pay ₹37,000 to get the job carried out. Chitra has been working within the union workplace since August. Initially, she demanded ₹50,000 for patta title change. Later, she lowered the quantity after coming to learn about Karthikeyan’s meagre pension. 

Unwilling to pay the bribe, Karthikeyan lodged a grievance with the DVAC. A seven-member staff led by S. Ganesh, Deputy SP, DVAC (Arakkonam), laid a entice on the farmland the place Chitra got here to survey the land and caught her red-handed. A case has been registered and a probe is below manner.