Vigilance caught a village officer while accepting a bribe. The vigilance caught Vijayakumar, the village officer of Pazhayakunnummel in Kilimanoor, Thiruvananthapuram. The incident occurred while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000.
The action was taken on a complaint by a Pazhayakunnummel native. An online application was filed in January 2024 to convert 34 cents of land registered as field in the property data bank in the name of the complainant into dry land.
After the proceedings at the Thiruvananthapuram Collectorate and Chirayinkeezhu Taluk Office, the file reached the Pazhayakunnummel Village Office in January 2024 itself. However, the village officer did not send it back to the Collectorate along with the report.
Village officer Vijayakumar took a bribe of Rs 2,000 from the complainant who had come to the village office on Friday to inquire about the information. When he met the village officer again on Saturday, he said that the report would be sent to the collectorate only if he paid another bribe of Rs 5,000. With this, the complainant informed the Vigilance South Zone Superintendent of Police.
