The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC), Tiruchi, on Thursday registered a case against a sub-registrar and an office assistant serving in the office of the Joint – I Sub Registrar at Cantonment here under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The move comes in the wake of a surprise check conducted by the DVAC team at the office of the Joint -I Sub Registrar in Cantonment here on Wednesday evening when ₹53,500 “unaccounted for” cash was seized.
The surprise check, which went on for over three hours, was based on a tip-off that the officials were allegedly demanding bribe from members of the public. The cash was found inside a box near the seat of the office assistant.
DVAC sources said as a follow-up of the and the seizure of cash, a case under Section 7 (a) of The Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the Sub Registrar Mohamed Abdul Khader and Office Assistant Arivazhagan. The two accused have not been arrested, the sources added.
