Archive · 9 Jan 2026
MSEDCL Engineer Arrested for Bribery
An engineer named Surendran Ananat Subramanyam Pillai, who works for a company that gives electricity to people in Maharashtra, was caught taking a bribe.
The bribe was Rs 20,000, which is a lot of money.
He took this money from a person who does electrical work.
The police who catch people doing bad things with money, called the Anti-Corruption Bureau, arrested him.
This all happened in a place called Vasai West.
An assistant engineer at MSEDCL was arrested for accepting a bribe.
The bribe amount was Rs 20,000 from an electrical contractor.
The engineer is attached to the Vasai West sub-division of MSEDCL.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau made the arrest.
The incident was reported on January 9, 2024.
- Who
- Surendran Ananat Subramanyam Pillai, an assistant engineer at MSEDCL
- What
- Accepted a bribe of Rs 20,000 from an electrical contractor
- When
- January 9, 2024
- Where
- Vasai West, Thane
- Why
- Allegedly demanded the bribe from the contractor
- Arrested Person
- Surendran Ananat Subramanyam Pillai
- Position
- Assistant Engineer
- Organization
- Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL)
- Bribe Amount
- Rs 20,000
- Location
- Vasai West
- Accuser
- Electrical Contractor