Jaipur, May 6 (IANS) In a major anti-corruption operation, the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a Public Works Department (PWD) Executive Engineer along with two contractors while allegedly exchanging a bribe of Rs 4,04,000 in Bhilwara, officials said. The accused Shahzad Mohammad, posted as Executive Engineer in PWD at Shahpura, was apprehended along with contractors Moduram Dhakad and Banwarilal during a trap operation conducted by the ACB’s Bhilwara-I unit, officials added …
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Guwahati, April 30 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement, Guwahati Zonal Office, has filed a Prosecution Complaint before the Special Court (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), Kamrup (Metro), Guwahati, in connection with an alleged bank fraud involving IDBI Bank and wrongful losses amounting to Rs 8.62 crore, officials said on Thursday. According to an official statement, the complaint has been filed under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, against M/s Ottis Associa…
Bhopal/Indore, April 28 (IANS) The Indore Sub Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken a decisive step in a high-profile financial investigation by provisionally attaching immovable properties valued at Rs 7.76 crore.This action was carried out on April 24 under the rigorous provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act of 2002. The assets involved in this attachment consist of various land parcels held in the name of Ruchi Acroni Industries Limited, a firm currently ope…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma of the Delhi High Court on Tuesday recused herself from hearing a plea filed by Congress MP Karti P. Chidambaram seeking quashing of a CBI corruption case linked to alleged bribery involving Diageo Scotland.When the matter came up, Justice Sharma declined to hear the case, which will now be placed before another Bench, subject to the orders of the Chief Justice, the master of the roster.Chidambaram has sought the quashing of the FIR registe…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court has suspended the sentence of a Bihar government officer convicted under the Prevention of Corruption Act and granted her bail, while expressing serious concern over the prosecution’s claim that seized bribe money was destroyed by rodents.A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan was hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Aruna Kumari, a former Child Development Programme Officer, challenging a judgment of the Patna High Court…
Vijayawada, April 24 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Andhra Pradesh is once again questioning a suspended Assistant Commissioner in the Endowments Department in a Disproportionate Assets case.The ACB officials on Friday took Kalingiri Shanti into custody from Vijayawada district jail and took her to Vijayawada Government General Hospital for medical examination. They later began questioning her.The ACB court had Thursday sent Shanti to police custody for two days.This is the second ti…
Jaipur, April 20 (IANS) The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested a government employee in Dausa district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000. The accused, Aditya Sharma, a laboratory assistant at Government Senior Secondary School, Baswa, currently on deputation at the SDM office in Bandikui, was caught red-handed while taking the bribe in the name of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Ramsingh Rajawat. According to Director General of Police (ACB) Govind Gupta, the bu…
Patna, April 17 (IANS) In a major anti-corruption operation, the Bihar Vigilance Investigation Bureau on Friday arrested two government employees in Purnea district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000.The accused — revenue employee Lal Babu Rajak and archives staffer Rumi Kundu — were caught red-handed while accepting the bribe during a trap laid by the Vigilance team at the Purnea East block office.The action has triggered concern within the administrative machinery, particularly as …
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) In a major action against corruption, the Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday caught Nadoti Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Kajal Meena, her Reader Dinesh Kumar Saini, and Senior Assistant Praveen Dhakad red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 in Karauli district. During the operation, officials also recovered an additional Rs 4 lakh in cash, the source of which is under investigation.According to ACB Director General of Police Govind Gupt…
Patna, April 16 (IANS) An Assistant Engineer in Bihar’s Purnea district has been arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000, officials said on Thursday.The accused, Bhushan Prasad, posted with the Bihar Education Project, was caught red-handed by the Vigilance team. The arrest followed a complaint filed by Nandan Kumar Jha, a resident of Hemnagar village under Sarsi police station limits in Purnea.According to the complaint, Nandan Kumar Jha had undertaken the construction of a scho…