Kerala: IOC Deputy General Manager held while accepting bribe of Rs 2 lakh
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): A Deputy General Manager of the Indian Oil Corporation has been arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a gas agency owner here, officials said.
Alex Mathew, the DGM at IOC's Ernakulam office, was caught red-handed at the complainant's residence in Kuravankonam around 7.30 pm on Saturday by officers of the Special Investigation Unit-1 of the Vigilance Department, an official statement said. According to the Vigilance Department, Matthew had allegedly demanded Rs 10 lakh from the complainant to prevent the transfer of customers from his wife's IOC-licensed gas agency to other agencies.
When the complainant refused, the official allegedly transferred 1,200 connections to other agencies, it said.
The accused later warned the complainant that more customer connections would be reassigned if the bribe was not paid upon his visit to Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
Following the threat, the gas agency owner informed the Vigilance Department, which laid a trap and arrested Mathew while accepting the bribe, the statement said.
The accused will be produced before a vigilance court, it added.
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Boy in Bagalkot upset after failing SSLC exams; parents cut cake to boost morale
Bagalkot: The parents and relatives of a boy who failed in all six subjects in the SSLC exams recently cut a cake to instill self-confidence in their son.
Finding that the boy was upset due to his failure, they made an effort to boost his morale and also told him to try again, reports Deccan Herald.
The parents said that the boy had burnt his feet during in an incident during his childhood, which had affected his memory. The boy had also been unable to write the exams, they said, and added that they encouraged their son to try again as exams were not the ultimate stage in life.
The boy, who spoke about the incident, said that, although failing in the SSLC exams had upset him greatly, his parents and all his family members had been supportive and encouraged him to try again. Expressing confidence in himself, the boy said that he would also succeed in life.
