An assistant executive engineer of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board in Coonoor near Udhagamandalam was on Wednesday sentenced to one year imprisonment by a court for taking a bribe of Rs 1,000 in 2003.
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Sub-court judge M Thangavelu found Rajendraprasad guilty of taking the bribe to give power connection to a new building while he was working as an assistant engineer 13 years ago.
According to the prosecution, on a complaint from the building contractor, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption had laid a trap and arrested the official while accepting the bribe.
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