MADURAI: Ankit Tiwari, an ED officer, was arrested in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul on charges of accepting bribes from a government doctor under the pretense of reopening an old assets case. According to the state vigilance’s FIR, Tiwari told his target that he’d been “instructed by the PMO” to conduct an inquiry and that the cash was for “his superiors”. Much of Tiwari’s conversations with Dr. T Suresh Babu, who agreed to pay a total of Rs. 51 lakh, were recorded inside the medico’s car.
These are some of the disturbing details of the FIR against Tiwari by TN’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC). Babu is the chief civil surgeon of Dindigul Government Medical College Hospital. Tiwari has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act based on a complaint by the doctor. Tiwari initially demanded Rs. 3 crore from Babu but settled the deal at Rs. 51 lakh.
Tiwari, 36, was captured with Rs. 20 lakh in an unprecedented highway drama and remanded in judicial custody till December 15. The DVAC also conducted searches at the ED’s Madurai office after the arrest. These actions occurred while the ED was investigating governing DMK leaders and CM MK Stalin accused the BJP-led Centre of using central agencies to go after political rivals. The DVAC seized incriminating documents from the ED office in Madurai, while the central agency’s senior officials in Chennai said only Tiwari’s room was searched by the state vigilance.
Tiwari used details of corruption cases registered by DVAC to approach the accused and extort money, according to officials of the state agency. DVAC had previously investigated Babu in 2018 in a disproportionate wealth case but cleared him later.
These are some of the disturbing details of the FIR against Tiwari by TN’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC). Babu is the chief civil surgeon of Dindigul Government Medical College Hospital. Tiwari has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act based on a complaint by the doctor. Tiwari initially demanded Rs. 3 crore from Babu but settled the deal at Rs. 51 lakh.
Tiwari, 36, was captured with Rs. 20 lakh in an unprecedented highway drama and remanded in judicial custody till December 15. The DVAC also conducted searches at the ED’s Madurai office after the arrest. These actions occurred while the ED was investigating governing DMK leaders and CM MK Stalin accused the BJP-led Centre of using central agencies to go after political rivals. The DVAC seized incriminating documents from the ED office in Madurai, while the central agency’s senior officials in Chennai said only Tiwari’s room was searched by the state vigilance.
Tiwari used details of corruption cases registered by DVAC to approach the accused and extort money, according to officials of the state agency. DVAC had previously investigated Babu in 2018 in a disproportionate wealth case but cleared him later.
