Jaipur, April 2 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau, Rajasthan, on Thursday arrested Randhir Singh, Additional Secretary of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), Sikar, who was also holding additional charge as Secretary of APMC Neem-ka-Thana, for accepting a bribe of ₹40,000.Acting on directives from the Anti-Corruption Bureau Headquarters, the Sikar unit carried out a trap operation and caught the Additional Secretary of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee red-handed while ac…
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New Delhi/Aizawl, March 31 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday that it has filed its first charge sheet before a court in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl in connection with a case involving fraudulent claims of government subsidy. The ED’s Aizawl Sub Zonal Office, has filed a charge sheet on March 30 under Section 45 read with Section 44 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before the Special Court of the PMLA, 2002 in Aizawl, against Ravi Gulgulia and others for …
Ranchi, March 31 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly, Babulal Marandi, on Tuesday met Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar and sought a CBI probe into the alleged liquor scam in the state, which he claimed has ballooned to over Rs 750 crore.The BJP leader submitted a memorandum to the Governor, alleging serious irregularities in the handling of the case by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).He claimed the agency’s role has been “suspect” and that, instead of conducting a fair and…
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) NCP tribal leader and Maharashtra Minister for Food and Drug Administration, Narhari Zirwal, is in a fix after an allegedly obscene video of him with a transgender person has gone viral on social media. It is not Zirwal alone but the Sunetra Pawar-led NCP faces an acid test to weather the crisis as the party has been mired in a string of controversies.The viral video allegedly featuring Zirwal has sparked a barrage of criticism from the Opposition who claimed that the ind…
Jaipur, March 26 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau, Rajasthan, on Thursday arrested a Police Constable and a private person for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 at Kathumar Police Station in Alwar district.The action was taken following directions from the Anti-Corruption Bureau Headquarters. According to Director General of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Govind Gupta, the arrests were made after a complaint was received on the Anti-Corruption Bureau helpline (1064).The complainant alleged …
Srinagar, March 25 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Wednesday, trapped and arrested a ‘naib tehsildar’ (executive magistrate) in Anantnag district while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000, officials said. A statement by the J&K ACB said that it has trapped and arrested a Naib Tehsildar posted in the Arwani area of Anantnag district for demanding and accepting a bribe in connection with a land inheritance mutation case.The ACB received a written complaint th…
Ranchi, March 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Wednesday, apprehended the Chief Commercial Inspector (CCI) of South Eastern Railway in Ranchi, state capital of Jharkhand, in connection with a bribery case.The accused, identified as Himanshu Shekhar, allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a complainant. The case, registered by the CBI on March 25, pertains to allegations that the CCI sought 10 per cent of the complainant’s pending bills, which amounted …
Hyderabad, March 24 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday accused the Congress government in Telangana of indulging in diversionary politics and misleading the public on key issues through the filing of a charge sheet in the Formula E race case. He alleged that the government is trying to divert public attention from the BRS’ demand to grant legal status to the “Six Guarantees” through a Private Member Bill in the Assembly.The BRS leader, during an …
Ranchi, March 23 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested an employee of the Deputy Commissioner, Land Reforms’ (DCLR) office and a middleman in Jharkhand’s Saraikela district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh, officials said.The arrested accused have been identified as Pritam Acharya, an employee posted at the DCLR office, and a broker.According to officials, the duo had demanded a total bribe of Rs 40 lakh from the complainant, Gurucharan Singh Sardar, in excha…
Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a prohibition & excise inspector and a secondary grade teacher in a corruption case.The anti-graft agency arrested Gundeti Ramu, Prohibition & Excise Inspector, Karimnagar Urban and Jakkani Venu, Secondary Grade Teacher (SGT), Obulapur, Jagtial district.According to ACB, during his tenure as Station House officer of Vemulawada, Ramu received illegal gratifications (Mamools) from a jaggery merchant through hi…