Tamil Nadu vigilance police search ED office
Officials of the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) continued their search at the Enforcement Directorate sub-zonal office in Madurai throughout Friday night after arresting ED officer Ankit Tiwari in connection with a bribery case.
Ankit Tiwari was on Friday allegedly caught “red-handed” while accepting a bribe of ₹20 lakh from a doctor in the Dindigul district.
According to DAVC officials, Ankit Tiwari, along with his team of ED officers, had been threatening several people and receiving bribes in the name of closing their case in the Enforcement Directorate.
After he was taken into custody in Dindigul, a team of the DVAC officials held ‘enquiries’ at the sub-zone ED office in Madurai, with state policemen standing guard outside the central government office.
Earlier, after the arrival of DVAC sleuths at the office of the central agency in Madurai, Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel were deployed by authorities inside the ED office as a ‘security’ measure, news agency PTI reported.