Chennai, June 29 (IANS) The Madras High Court has granted interim relief to a Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) inspector who challenged her suspension, observing that there was a prima facie indication that the disciplinary action appeared to have been motivated. The court stayed the suspension order and directed the DVAC Director and Deputy Director to file their responses to the petition.Justice P.T. Asha passed the interim order while hearing a writ petition filed by Inspec…
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New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) In a fresh crackdown against corruption, the Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Sunday arrested two former Health department officials in a case related to alleged large-scale irregularities in procurement of medicines, surgical consumables and medical equipment. The ACB arrested Vatsala Aggarwal, the then Director General Health Services (DGHS), and Neeraj Chopra, Deputy Controller of Accounts (DCA) of DGHS’ Central Procurement Agency (CPA), in an FIR, …
Vadodara, June 27 (IANS) A Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) and an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) in Vadodara were caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a trap operation on Saturday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant, officials said. The complainant, described as a “vigilant citizen”, had approached the bureau after alleging that a case registered at Manjalpur Police Station on June 1 was being investigated by PSI Mallika Parmar of Vishwamitra Police Chow…
Bhubaneswar, June 27 (IANS) Continuing its crackdown on corrupt public servants, the Odisha Vigilance has arrested a Livestock Inspector (LI) in Nabarangpur district for allegedly taking a bribe from a beneficiary under the state government’s Mukhyamantri Kamadhenu Yojana. The accused has been identified as Prafulla Haldar, the Livestock Inspector posted at Raighar under the office of the Nabarangpur Chief District Veterinary Officer (CDVO) Radheshyam Laik, officials said on Friday.According to …
Ahmedabad, June 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday trapped a serving police sub-inspector and a head constable at Bopal Police Station in Ahmedabad Rural for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs five lakh bribe to avoid initiating criminal proceedings in a complaint under investigation. The complainant, described as a “vigilant citizen”, had approached the bureau after alleging that an application filed against him at Bopal Police Station was being probed by the accus…
Bhubaneswar, June 25 (IANS) Odisha Vigilance on Thursday arrested three contractors for allegedly misappropriating government funds worth around Rs 3 crore in the execution of LED street lighting works in gram panchayats across Kendujhar, Nayagarh and Jajpur districts between 2021 and 2023. The accused persons were identified as Girija Sankar Dash, of Baripada in Mayurbhanj district, Dharanidhar Sahoo of Jajpur town in Jajpur district and Bibhuti Ranjan Biswal of Bhubaneswar.According to Odisha …
Patna, June 24 (IANS) The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar on Wednesday conducted simultaneous raids at six locations linked to Pawan Kumar, Superintending Engineer of Building Design Circle-I, Patna, who also serves as Director of the Design Unit under the Building Construction Department. The searches were carried out following allegations that the senior engineer had accumulated assets disproportionate to his known sources of income during his government service.EOU teams searched multip…
Shillong, June 24 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) Shillong Sub-Zonal Office has provisionally attached an immovable property worth Rs 40 lakh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with the alleged misappropriation of development funds of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in Meghalaya, an official statement said on Wednesday.The attached property is in the name of Ismail R. Marak, former Member of the District Council (MDC) for the Asanang…
Patna, June 24 (IANS) The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar on Wednesday carried out simultaneous raids at six locations connected to Pawan Kumar, a Superintending Engineer in the Building Construction Department, in connection with a disproportionate assets case.According to an EOU official, preliminary investigation has revealed that Pawan Kumar allegedly accumulated assets worth approximately Rs 3.89 crore beyond his known sources of income.The EOU stated that a case, registered as EOU Po…
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested Kommuri Mallareddy, District Prohibition and Excise Office (Excise Superintendent), Nizamabad, in a disproportionate assets case after conducting searches at premises linked to him and his relatives. The ACB booked the case against Mallareddy, alleging that he acquired assets disproportionate to his known sources of income by indulging in corrupt practices and dubious means during his service.The agency said…