CHENNAI: A former assistant executive engineer with the market management committee, Koyambedu wholesale market complex, has been found guilty of graft charges by a special court that also sentenced him for two years imprisonment.
He had demanded a bribe of ₹30,000 from a person who ran a tea stall within the market premises and abused his position as a public servant by threatening the tea stall owner that his shop will be sealed if he did not accede to the official’s demands.
According to the prosecution, M Sivalingam, the former government official had approached the tea shop within the Kamarajar flower market premises on November 3, 2014 and demanded a bribe.
After negotiations, the official had agreed to take an amount of ₹5,000 initially. Unwilling to pay the amount, the tea stall owner preferred a complaint against the official with the vigilance and anti-corruption department.
A trap was laid and on November 17, the accused official met the tea stall owner, who gave chemically coated currency notes to the official. DVAC officials caught him red-handed while accepting the bribe.
