Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Kerala Inspector Flushes Bribe, Vigilance Recovers Money From Pipe
A health inspector in Tirurangadi allegedly asked a woman for ₹10,000.
She needed a municipal licence for her new hotel and juice stall.
She told Vigilance officials about the demand.
They asked her to hand over the money, and she did.
When the officials came to the inspector’s rented home, he suspected they were there.
He put the money in the toilet and flushed it.
Later, he admitted what he had done.
The officials opened the toilet and used high-pressure water to search the pipe.
They found the money stuck inside.
A Tirurangadi municipal health inspector allegedly accepted a ₹10,000 bribe.
The money was demanded to issue a licence for a newly opened hotel and juice stall.
The business owner reported the demand to Vigilance and handed over the money as instructed.
When Vigilance officers arrived at his rented house, the inspector flushed the money down the toilet.
A day later, officials dismantled the toilet and recovered the money lodged in bends of the pipe.
- Who
- A Public Health Inspector named Sreeji and Vigilance officials; the complainant was a woman who ran a hotel and juice stall.
- What
- The inspector allegedly took a ₹10,000 bribe and flushed it down a toilet; officials later recovered the money from the pipe.
- When
- The bribe and flushing occurred last Thursday; the money was recovered a day later.
- Where
- The incident took place at the inspector’s rented house in Tirurangadi, Malappuram, Kerala.
- Why
- The money was allegedly demanded in exchange for issuing a municipal licence for a newly opened hotel and juice stall.
- Alleged bribe
- ₹10,000
- Accused
- Sreeji, Public Health Inspector of Tirurangadi Municipality
- Complainant
- An expatriate woman who ran a newly opened hotel and juice stall
- Alleged purpose
- A municipal licence for the hotel and juice stall
- Incident location
- The inspector’s rented house in Tirurangadi, Malappuram
- Recovery method
- Officials dismantled the toilet and searched the pipe using high-pressure water
- Recovery timing
- The money was recovered a day after it was flushed