A Special Tahsildar in Adyar and a police constable were caught while demanding and receiving ₹3 lakh as bribe for evicting encroachments from a government land in Injambakkam on Tuesday.
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) officials arrested them on charges under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.
Pon Thangavel, a social activist from Injambakkam, has been fighting for removing encroachments on government lands in his area. Since the officials concerned failed to act on his complaints, he had filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court. The court had ordered the Corporation officials to evict the encroachments and file a compliance report.
