Tamil Nadu’s anti-corruption police granted three-day custody of ED officer
The Hindu
Police produced EO Ankit Tiwari, arrested for bribery, before Dindigul court. Court granted 3-day custody to DVAC sleuths for interrogation. EO nabbed after car chase near Kodaikanal Road Toll Collection Plaza. Court remanded him in judicial custody, shifted to Central Prisons, Madurai. Lawyers objected to custodial interrogation, court granted 3 days and ordered production on Dec 14. Bribe to be disbursed to senior officers in Madurai & Chennai.
Amid tight security, the police on Tuesday produced Enforcement Officer (EO) Ankit Tiwari, who was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe amount, before a court in Dindigul. The court granted the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths three days’ custody to interrogate the accused.
Further, the court directed the police to produce the accused on December 14.
On December 1, following a complaint from Suresh Babu, a civil surgeon at the Dindigul Government Medical College and Hospital, the DVAC sleuths began an inquiry.
The complaint was that Mr. Tiwari, working as EO at the Madurai ED office, allegedly demanded ₹20 lakh as bribe from him so as not to pursue a case filed against him by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in 2018.
Following instruction from the vigilance officials, Dr. Suresh handed over the bribe amount at a location near Dindigul, following the vigilance officials caught Mr. Tiwari “red-handed.” He was nabbed near Kodaikanal Road Toll Collection Plaza after a car chase.
After discreet probe and searches conducted in the Enforcement Directorate office in Madurai and at his residence in Kosakulam in Madurai, the DVAC sleuths produced the Enforcement Officer before a court in Dindigul, which remanded him in judicial custody.
The officer was jailed in Dindigul. However, after he complained of uneasiness, he was shifted to Central Prisons, Madurai. Authorities refused Mr. Tiwari’s request for a first-class facility in the prison, citing that he needs to obtain a court order for it.
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