DVAC arrests cooperative housing society official, two others for accepting bribe
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) in Tiruppur arrested a cooperative housing society secretary and two associates for soliciting bribes. The arrests followed a complaint from a loan applicant who was pressured to pay a percentage of his sanctioned loan to receive the funds.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing efforts by anti-corruption agencies to curb systemic bribery in local government administrative offices.
Officials from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Tiruppur unit, on Friday (August 21, 2026), arrested Jothimani, secretary of the Anna Co-operative House Building Society Limited, and two others, Thirunavukkarasu and Dhaksin, on charges of accepting a bribe of ₹45,000 from a housing loan applicant in exchange for disbursing the amount.
The initial bribe demand of ₹66,000 (3% of the ₹22-lakh loan amount) was brought down by Jothimani to ₹55,000, and Thirunavukkarasu received ₹10,000 as an advance on August 19 from the applicant, Loganathan of Gandhi Nagar, for whom the loan was sanctioned on August 11.
Unwilling to pay an additional bribe, Loganathan lodged a complaint with the DVAC unit in Tiruppur.
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