Kottayam (Kerala) Oct 30 (PTI) The Vigilance Court here has sentenced a Deputy Tahsildar to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case, a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) official on Friday said.

Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge (Vigilance) KV Rajaneesh on Thursday awarded seven years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 75,000 to Bijumon PK, former Village Officer, Kidangoor, who is currently serving as Deputy Tahsildar at the Land Acquisition Office in Pala here.

According to VACB, in 2015, while serving as the Kidangoor Village Officer, Bijumon was allegedly caught red-handed by the Vigilance Unit, Kottayam, accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 and a bottle of liquor from a resident of Puliyannoor, Kottayam.

The bribe was paid to process the land mutation (

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