Tamil Nadu anti-corruption police raid ED office after arresting agency’s officer in bribery case

Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption officials on Friday conducted searches at the Enforcement Directorate’s Madurai office, PTI reported.

The operation was carried out after the arrest of a senior officer of the Enforcement Directorate identified as Ankit Tiwari. He had been detained in Dindigul district earlier on Friday for allegedly accepting a Rs 20 lakh bribe from an individual.

VIDEO | Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption raided the ED office in Madurai earlier today in connection with the case of Ankit Tiwari, an ED officer, who has been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe. pic.twitter.com/OB5Tu9tUk9— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 1, 2023

The arrest was made by the Madurai branch of the state police’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on the Dindigul-Madurai highway shortly after he allegedly received the bribe.

The complainant in the case was a government doctor, identified as Dr Suresh Babu, who had been named in a disproportionate assets case registered in 2018, The Hindu reported. Although the proceedings of the case had completed and Babu faced departmental action, he was summoned by the central agency’s Madurai office a few months ago.

Tiwari had allegedly threatened Babu with arrest if he did not pay a bribe of Rs 3 crore. Subsequently, Babu reportedly negotiated the deal...

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