Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 8 (PTI) The VACB said it has conducted searches in 59 offices of Deputy Collectors and Revenue Divisional Officers, and unearthed corrupt deals in converting agricultural and wetland areas into housing plots.

The inspections were carried out on Friday in the offices of 27 RDOs and 32 Deputy Collectors, who are tasked with enforcing the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, said in a press release.

VACB Director Manoj Abraham had authorised the operation—code-named Haritha Kavacham—after the agency received information that wetlands and paddy fields were being widely excluded from the data bank.

Some officials, either directly or through agents, were allegedly collecting bribes from applicants to carry out s

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