THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Vigilance arrested a village field assistant while accepting a bribe of RS 1000 from a retired village officer. Umanujan, a field assistant at the Muttthara village office, was arrested on the complain of a native of Valiyathura and a former village officer, had applied to the Muttthara village office in May to obtain a location certificate, possession certificate and thandaper to take a loan from Canara Bank. But Umanujan asked the complainant to pay a bribe of 1000 rupees if he wants to inspect the place and issue a certificate. The complainant passed on this information to Vigilance DySP Vinod Kumar. The vigilance team caught him while handing the bribe at the complainant's house at around 6.30 pm yesterday. Inspectors Anil Kumar, Sanil Kumar, Grade Sub Inspectors Sanjay, Ajith, ASIs Anil Kumar, Senior CPOs Hashim, Anish, Arun, CPOs Anoop and Pramod were also in the vigilance team.