Assistant engineer held for accepting bribe, suspended
A woman assistant engineer in the Thiruppullani Panchayat Union was arrested and suspended after being caught accepting a bribe. The official had demanded money to issue a permit for silt extraction from a local water tank.
Why it matters
This case highlights the persistence of petty corruption in local administrative offices and the role of anti-corruption agencies in enforcement.
A woman assistant engineer of the Thiruppullani Panchayat Union was suspended from service for accepting a bribe of ₹3,000 to issue a permit for extracting silt from a water tank.
Sheik Dilshad Parveen, an Assistant Engineer of the Thiruppullani Panchayat Union in Ramanathapuram district, allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹5,000 from a farmer to extract silt for agricultural use from a local tank.
Following this, while she was accepting a bribe of ₹3,000 at her residence in Sethupathi Nagar near the Ramanathapuram Collectorate on August 29 Ramanathapuram Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) police caught her red-handed and arrested her.
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