Former deputy tahsildar sentenced to 8 years’ RI in bribery case
Babu sentenced to eight years of rigorous imprisonment and fined ₹1 lakh by a Vigilance Court for a 2014 bribery case in which he accepted multiple payments to release a seized laterite stone-cutting machine.
Former Kunnathur taluk deputy tahsildar Babu, 63, received an eight-year prison sentence and a ₹1 lakh fine on Saturday for accepting bribes in a graft case from 2014. The Kollam Vigilance Court found Babu guilty of using his position to accept a ₹3,000 bribe to release a seized laterite stone-cutting machine. When the complainant failed to pay further bribes, Babu seized the equipment without proper legal procedure, demanding additional payments of ₹2,000 and ₹5,000 to release it.
Public prosecutors P.S. Divya and Siju Rajan argued the prosecution case, with the initial investigation led by former Vigilance DySP Rex Boby Aravin.
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