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CBI nabs govt staff on graft charge

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Press Trust of India Puducherry
CBI today arrested the Personal Assistant to a Deputy Collector here on the charge of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 for an official favour.

Rajarathinam, PA to Deputy Collector (Revenue), at Villianoor was caught by CBI officials from Chennai while he was receiving the bribe from a person for issuing a document relating to an immovable property, police said.

On a complaint, a CBI team laid a trap and arrested Rajarathinam in his office under the Prevention of Corruption Act, they said.

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First Published: Aug 22 2013 | 9:08 PM IST

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