Ernakulam Additional District Magistrate B Ramachandran arrested for accepting bribe

The Vigilance team headed by DySP Biju Mon have recovered Rs one lakh and another Rs 40,000 from his quarters during a search operation. A man who reached there with Rs 15,000 when the search was being conducted has also been taken into custody, they said.

Vigilance suspect that the man reached the quarters to give bribe to Ramachandran.

Ramachandran will be produced before the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau court in Kozhikode today, officials said.

A discreet probe was launched against Ramachandran after K M Antony, SP, Vigilance, Ernakulam Range, received complaints from several quarters against him, vigilance sources said.