Viral Video: ‘Rs 100 for tea, Rs 40 for a bundle of paddy’ … Officials who take bribes from farmers and exploit them – viral video

The list clerk at the Prataparamapuram direct paddy procurement center near Nagai has been shocked by the release of video footage of him taking a bribe of 40 rupees per bundle from farmers.

With the completion of samba cultivation, paddy procurement activities are in full swing in the delta districts. In this situation, there is a complaint that a bribe of Rs. Meanwhile, video footage of bribery of paddy bundles purchased by list clerk Bhaskar at the Prataparamapuram Government Direct Paddy Procurement Station near Velankanni in Nagapattinam district has been released.

Ilango, a farmer from the southern Nallur area, went to the station to buy his paddy bundles. Employees, including Bhaskar, the list clerk of the station who bought the 48 bundles he had, demanded Rs 1940 as Rs 40 per bundle.

The shocked farmer, Elango, gave the bribe money to Bhaskar, the list clerk, and posted it on social networking sites, causing a stir. Not only did he pay a bribe of 1940 rupees for 40 rupees per bundle, but there were also sensational video footage of employees talking to the farmer, telling him to pay 100 rupees alone to buy tea for the staff who worked there.

Published by:Sankaravadivoo G

First published: March 28, 2022, 20:34 IST

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