GURUVAYUR: Thrissur Vigilance has arrested an Assistant Labour Officer for accepting a bribe from a hotel owner. The arrested person is K A Jayaprakash, the Assistant Labour Officer of Chavakkad. He had allegedly demanded money to avoid taking action against the hotel for employing too many temporary workers.

According to the complainant, Jayaprakash conducted an inspection at the hotel on August 30 and remarked that there were too many temporary staff and that he should be "treated appropriately" in order to avoid action. Later, he called the hotel manager, threatening to issue a notice if the money was not paid. On September 10, he officially sent a notice asking the manager to appear at the Labour Office.

Jayaprakash later called again and asked the manager to come on September 16 ins

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