TIRUCHY: DVAC sleuths on Tuesday arrested a panchayat secretary from Tiruchy for accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 to fix housing tax.

According to DVAC, Karthikeyan from Panayakurichi village near Tiruverumbur applied for fixing the housing tax for his brother-in-law, Arun Kumar, who had constructed a house in the village.

Karthikeyan approached the panchayat secretary, KC Mariappan, who demanded a bribe of Rs 25,000. However, Karthikeyan, lodged a complaint with the Tiruchy DVAC, caught Mariappan red-handed while accepting the first instalment of the bribe of Rs 15,000.