Ankit Tiwari is a 2016 batch officer working in the Enforcement Directorate
Find out more about him and his controversy.
Ankit Tiwari, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) official, was recently arrested in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, following an alleged incident wherein he accepted a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a government employee.
Who is Ankit Tiwari Enforcement Directorate officer arrested by Tamil Nadu Police for taking bribe from doctor
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu | ED officer Ankit Tiwari taken from the DVAC office to be produced before a judicial magistrate in Dindigul.
He was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakhs from a doctor in Dindigul. He along with his team of ED officers had been… pic.twitter.com/F8JTReQnQq
— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2023
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— News24 (@news24tvchannel) December 1, 2023
Tiwari was detained by the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Team and placed under judicial detention until December 15. The Dindigul District Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) carried out thorough inspections of Tiwari’s home and the ED’s Madurai office after his detention.
According to reports, the probe may have revealed the possible participation of many Madurai and Chennai police personnel in this case. According to the allegations, Ankit Tiwari was involved in blackmail and had collected large payments from several people, totaling crores.
Sources further suggest that he might have distributed these ill-gotten gains among other ED officials. Documents that were seized from Tiwari suggest that there may be connections to other ED officers at the Madurai and Chennai offices who may be involved in this case.
Since then, Ankit Tiwari has become a hot topic of discussion. However, not many people know much about him. So, here’s what we know about him:
Who is Ankit Tiwari?
Ankit Tiwari is an Indian officer. He has been in the news because he was recently arrested in Tamil Nadu for accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a government employee.
He is an officer from the 2016 batch of officers who has served in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat before. According to an official statement issued by DVAC Chennai, he is employed by the Union government as an enforcement officer at the Madurai Enforcement Department office.
According to the DVAC statement, Ankit Tiwari spoke with a government worker in Dindigul on October 29, 2023, noting a matter that had been settled and requesting that the Prime Minister’s Office issue directives for an Enforcement Department investigation. On October 30, 2023, Tiwari encouraged the worker to come into the Madurai office.
When Tiwari saw the worker in Madurai, he supposedly talked about paying ₹3 crore to avert legal action. However, after conferring with his superiors, he ultimately settled for ₹51 lakh. The employee handed over ₹20 lakh on November 1, 2023.
On November 30, 2023, the employee filed a complaint with Dindigul’s Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Unit, alleging that Ankit Tiwari had threatened to withhold the remaining ₹51 lakh from him. Upon Tiwari’s arrest on November 1, 2023, it was discovered that he had accepted a bribe of ₹20 lakh.
Investigating on behalf of the Enforcement Directorate, the DVAC collected papers that implicate him and is looking into whether he used similar tactics against others.