PCB engineer held while taking bribe
The Hindu
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The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) sleuths on Thursday took into custody as environmental engineer with the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) for allegedly taking bribe from a rubber tyre vendor in Pala.
The accused was identified as A.M. Haris, district environment officer in Kottayam. He was arrested while taking ₹25,000 as bribe from the owner of a rubber retreading company in Pala. Acting on a complaint lodged by Jobin Sebastian, owner of P.J. Rubber retreading company at Ullanad, near Pala, the VACB sleuths laid a trap by giving phenolphthalein-applied currency notes to be handed over to the accused and caught him red handed.
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