Graft case: Two former agricultural dept officers sentenced to rigorous imprisonment in TN

TRICHY: A Trichy court on Wednesday sentenced two former agricultural department officers to rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case.

The special court for the Prevention of Corruption Act convicted former agricultural officer P Nagarajan, 54, and the assistant agricultural officer P Chinnadurai, 45, for taking a bribe of Rs 1,000 from farmer Ashok Kumar of Konalai village in August 2007.

The judge sentenced Nagarajan to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him under a section of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court also handed him one year of rigorous imprisonment under another section of the Prevention of the Corruption Act. A fine of Rs 10,000 was imposed on him.

The sentences would run concurrently.


Assistant agricultural officer Chinnadurai was sentenced to undergo three years of rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay Rs 10,000.

Deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Trichy detachment of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), G Manikandan said that Ashok Kumar had applied for an agricultural certificate for his uncle from the two officers. The certificate was supposed to be used to get endorsement on the registration certificate of a tractor and a tiller in the name of his uncle.

As the officers demanded a bribe of Rs 1,000, Ashok Kumar lodged a complaint with the DVAC. The duo were caught red-handed on August 9, 2007.


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