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A chartered accountant associated with a nationalised bank has been arrested by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) for accepting a bribe, VACB officials said on Sunday.
A Sudhakaran, serving as a Concurrent Auditor at the Canara bank’s Mavelikara branch, was caught red-handed on Saturday while accepting Rs 50,000 from a complainant at his residence in Chinnakada, Kollam.
According to VACB officials, Sudhakaran had demanded a total of Rs 6 lakh from the complainant, a Kochi-based businessman running an educational consultancy firm across Kerala.
When the complainant refused to pay the full bribe, Sudhakaran allegedly continued to harass him through phone calls, increasing the pressure to meet the demand. Eventually, the complainant transferred ?10,000 via Google Pay as a partial payment, but the threat remained. Subsequently, a formal complaint was lodged with the Vigilance by the complainant, who reported that Sudhakaran had insisted on meeting in person to collect the remaining amount.
Following the complaint, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau set up a trap to apprehend Sudhakaran. On the day of the meeting, the CA was caught red-handed accepting the bribe amount of ?50,000 from the complainant at his residence.
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