Former taluk office clerk, accomplice sentenced to RI in 2011 bribery case
A Special Court in Chennai has convicted a former junior assistant and a private individual in a bribery case from 2011. The case involved the illegal issuance of a legal heir certificate, where a bribe was solicited for the service. Both individuals received prison sentences and fines for their roles in the corruption scheme.
- ▪The case was initiated based on a complaint from K. Jansi regarding her father's legal heir certificate.
- ▪T.S. Murthy, a temporary junior assistant, was found guilty of facilitating the bribe.
- ▪N. Sugumar collected a bribe of ₹4,000 for the issuance of the certificate.
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A Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act in Chennai on Monday convicted a former temporary junior assistant attached to the Mambalam-Guindy taluk office and a private individual in a bribery case related to the issuance of a legal heir certificate.According to the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC), the case was registered in 2011 based on a complaint lodged by K. Jansi alias Jansi Rani of Virugambakkam. The complaint stated that she had applied for a legal heir certificate following the death of her father, Karuppiah, on August 31, 2010. During her visit to the taluk office on December 14, 2010, temporary junior assistant and clerk T.S. Murthy allegedly introduced her to N.
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