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Kerala Health Inspector Flushes Rs 10,000 Bribe Down Toilet As Vigilance Team Arrives
- •A public health inspector named Sreeji in Tirurangadi Municipality allegedly demanded Rs 10,000 from an expatriate woman to issue a business licence.
- •The woman reported the bribe demand to the Vigilance team, who instructed her to deliver the cash to Sreeji's rented house.
- •When Vigilance officials arrived at the house, Sreeji quickly flushed the Rs 10,000 bribe money down the toilet to destroy evidence.
- •Officials dismantled the toilet and successfully recovered the cash from the drainage pipe using high-pressure water.
- •Sreeji was taken into custody and admitted to flushing the money during questioning.
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Sreeji, a public health inspector with the Tirurangadi Municipality, allegedly tried to destroy evidence when Vigilance officials arrived at his rented house in Malappuram. He had demanded the money from an expatriate woman to issue a municipal licence for her newly opened hotel and juice stall.
After Sreeji admitted during questioning that he flushed the cash, officials brought him back to his rented house, dismantled and removed the toilet, and pumped high-pressure water through the drainage pipe to search its bends. The Rs 10,000 was eventually found lodged inside the pipe and recovered.
The expatriate woman reported the alleged Rs 10,000 bribe demand to the Vigilance team after Sreeji asked her to bring the money to his rented accommodation for her business licence. Acting on instructions, she handed him the cash before the team arrived at the premises.
