How A Probe Agency Officer Extorted Rs 40 Lakh From Tamil Nadu Doctor
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The illegal transactions would often take on the highway during a journey.
An Enforcement Directorate officer arrested in Tamil Nadu was allegedly involved in an extortion racket, a complaint by the police has revealed. This is the first time Tamil Nadu has arrested an Enforcement Directorate officer. The FIR filed by Tamil Nadu police extensively details the role Ankit Tiwari, the arrested officer, played in the extortion racket.
Tiwari used to text and message state government employees on WhatsApp using a fake name - Hardik. He would demand bribes on these calls, according to the complainant Dr Suresh Babu who ended up paying him Rs 40 lakh.
The illegal transactions would often take on the highway during a journey, the complaint says. He met Dr Santosh when he was on his way to Madurai, and the negotiations took place during the journey. He received the first installment of Rs 20 lakh bribe in cash in November and asked the money to be put in his boot which the government doctor says was recorded by his dash cam. The second installment was paid to him on a highway the same way and the Tamil Nadu Vigilance and Anti-Corruption authorities who had laid a trap chased Tiwari's car to recover the alleged bribe money.
