Patna, May 22 (IANS) In a major anti-corruption crackdown in Bihar, the Vigilance Investigation Bureau on Friday arrested Akash Kumar Rauniar, the Circle Officer (CO) of the Sasaram Sadar circle in Rohtas district, while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh.His private assistant, Sonu Kumar, was also taken into custody during the operation.According to Vigilance DySP Pawan Kumar, the case pertains to the rectification of records linked to a disputed land plot.“The Circle Officer had…
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Ahmedabad, May 19 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has ordered a wide-ranging crackdown on alleged financial and procedural irregularities in storm water drainage projects across the city, suspending four engineering officials, initiating criminal proceedings and directing recoveries running into crores of rupees after a Vigilance audit uncovered discrepancies in measurement records and billing.The action follows a preliminary investigation by the corporation’s Vigilance Depart…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday demanded a high-level probe into the role of Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convener, Arvind Kejriwal, in allegedly facilitating corruption in the Vigilance office which was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday night.Speaking to the media here, Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia questioned the manner in which the accused private people were allegedly aided in esca…
Kochi, March 26 (IANS) In a significant development, the Kerala High Court on Thursday closed the corruption and irregularities case related to the reconstruction of the golden flag mast at Sabarimala, bringing an end to a controversy that had triggered intense political and public debate.The court accepted, in full, the quick verification report submitted by the Vigilance department and ruled that no further proceedings were required.Endorsing the Vigilance findings, the court observed that the…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) The Vigilance sleuths on Wednesday arrested a crorepati mines officer after recovering a record cash haul worth over Rs 4.27 crore from his rented accommodation during simultaneous house searches at multiple locations linked to the accused official. The accused officer, Debabrata Mohanty, Deputy Director of Mines, Cuttack Circle, was arrested by Odisha Vigilance and forwarded to the Court of the Special Judge, Vigilance, in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.The accused, Mohanty…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) In the highest-ever cash seizure by Odisha’s Vigilance Department, the anti corruption sleuths on Wednesday unearthed over Rs 4 crore in cash from the Bhubaneswar flat of Deputy Director of Mines, Cuttack Circle. The accused, identified as Debabrata Mohanty, was apprehended on Tuesday night for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a licensed coal vendor for allowing smooth running of his coal depot and to grant permission to transport coal.Following his arrest…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 25 (IANS) The Odisha Vigilance has arrested a senior government official for allegedly accepting a bribe from a licensed coal vendor in exchange for facilitating the complainant to run his business smoothly. According to the Vigilance sources on Tuesday, the accused officer Debabrata Mohanty, Cuttack Deputy Director of Mines, was apprehended by the Vigilance sleuths while he was taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the licenced coal vendor in exchange for allowing smooth running of …
Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) The Vigilance Department’s crackdown against corrupt government officials continues unabated in Bihar. Despite frequent arrests, cases of bribery are still surfacing.On Tuesday, vigilance teams arrested a Block Supply Officer in Samastipur and a Survey Amin in Supaul, both caught red-handed while accepting bribes.In the first case, the Special Vigilance Bureau (SVB) arrested Rajesh Kumar Bhagat, the Block Supply Officer of Vidyapati Nagar and Ujiarpur blocks in Samastipur,…
Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) In a major anti-corruption action, the Special Vigilance Unit on Tuesday caught the District Agriculture Officer of Muzaffarpur, Bihar, and his driver red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.The operation has sent shockwaves in the district’s administrative machinery.According to an official of vigilance unit, the action was taken following a written complaint submitted to the Vigilance Department.The complainant alleged that Himanshu Kumar, Sub-Divisional Agricultur…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) As the Kerala High Court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the Sabarimala gold theft case, has widened its lens to include the controversial Global Ayyappa Meet held at Pampa last year, it has left a few in the Pinarayi Vijayan government gasping for breath. In its submission linked to the Sabarimala gold misappropriation case, the SIT has made specific references to the Global Ayyappa Meet conducted during the tenure of P.S. Prasanth as Travan…