Tamil Nadu police arrest ED officer for accepting bribe of ₹20 lakh

Tamil Nadu News: Vigilance sleuths arrested an Enforcement Directorate officer after he was caught ‘red-handed’ while taking a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a doctor in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district. According to the police, an ED officer, identified as Ankit Tiwari, was caught by officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) while demanding and accepting a Rs 20 lakh bribe from a doctor in an unspecified case.

“ED officer Ankit Tiwari was ‘caught red handed’ by DVAC sleuths after he received Rs 20 lakh bribe money from the doctor,” police sources said on Friday, according to a PTI report.

The matter in connection with which the ED officer allegedly accepted the bribe is not known immediately. The action was taken after the doctor preferred a complaint with the DVAC and Tiwari is currently being questioned by the DVAC sleuths, sources added.