Three Kochi corporation staffers arrested for accepting bribe
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Three Kochi corporation staffers arrested for accepting bribe

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Three officials of Kochi corporation were arrested for accepting a bribe from an Aluva native. Health inspector Madhu, junior health inspector Shanu and temporary employee John were apprehended by the Ernakulam wing of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau in Palluruthy on Friday. “Later, the accused, working with the corporation’s health department at the Palluruthy office visited the location. They demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 for issuing NOC for the warehouse,” Sasidharan said.The complainant approached VACB.

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Three officials caught taking bribes by Karnataka Lokayukta
4 days, 18 hours ago

Three officials caught taking bribes by Karnataka Lokayukta

The Hindu  

Bhartesh Shabannanavar, the superintendent in the office of the Assistant Registrar of Cooperative Societies in Belagavi, was caught by the Karnataka Lokayukta team while taking a bribe of ₹50,000 for registration of a society. The office superintendent, Bhartesh Shabannanavar, allegedly demanded ₹50,000 claiming that senior officers would have to be given a share of the amount. Forest officials arrested In …

VACB flooded with complaints against Ernakulam RTO arrested on bribery and Abkari charges
1 month, 1 week ago

VACB flooded with complaints against Ernakulam RTO arrested on bribery and Abkari charges

The Hindu  

Officials from the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, who arrested Ernakulam Regional Transport Officer T.M. An undergraduate student complained that after three months into a deal, Mr. Jerson went back on his promise to pay monthly returns after reportedly taking garments worth ₹75 lakh from him, and even reportedly threatened him. Private bus operators and others in the transport sector have …

Kerala: Action against officials receiving bribe will not be limited to suspension, says Min Rajan
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Kerala: Action against officials receiving bribe will not be limited to suspension, says Min Rajan

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Officials caught in bribery cases will be either demoted or dismissed from service, said Revenue Minister K Rajan on Friday. The investigation report should be submitted within two months,” he said while addressing the regional review meeting of revenue department in Kochi. The state government has decided to declare the state free of extreme poverty by November 1 and …

Village officer arrested for accepting bribe
2 months ago

Village officer arrested for accepting bribe

The Hindu  

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested a village officer for allegedly receiving a bribe to process an application for land conversion on Tuesday. He was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹5,000 from the complainant, who had applied for converting 34 cents that was categorised as wetland in the revenue data bank. On visiting the office on Friday to …

Assistant engineer from Medak, ward officer from Khammam in ACB net
2 months ago

Assistant engineer from Medak, ward officer from Khammam in ACB net

The Hindu  

Two officials from two districts were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday for demanding and accepting bribes in separate cases. Krishna, assistant engineer from Kallakal Circle, Manoharabad mandal of Medak, was caught accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 from a complainant. According to the ACB, the accused officer initially demanded ₹30,000, of which he had already accepted ₹10,000 prior to …

Telangana ACB nabs two persons for accepting bribe
2 months ago

Telangana ACB nabs two persons for accepting bribe

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau here on Monday arrested two persons including an Assistant Engineer on charges of accepting bribes in separate incidents in the State. Krishna, an Assistant Engineer at Kallakal Circle in Kallakal village in Manoharabad Mandal in Medak district, was caught by ACB when he allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe amount of Rs.20,000 from a complainant to …

Revenue official in Tiruvannamalai held for bribery
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Revenue official in Tiruvannamalai held for bribery

The Hindu  

A 59-year-old revenue official, set to retire by month-end, was arrested on Tuesday by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for accepting a ₹3,000 bribe from a farmer. The official at the tahsildar office in Chetpet taluk near Tiruvannamalai, had demanded the bribe in exchange for issuing a no-objection certificate to obtain a new ration card. DVAC sources said that …

VACB arrests three Kochi Corporation officials on bribery charges
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

VACB arrests three Kochi Corporation officials on bribery charges

The Hindu  

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested three health wing officials of the Kochi Corporation on bribery charges on Friday. The arrested are Madhu, health inspector of the Corporation’s Palluruthy circle, junior health inspector Shanu, and contingent worker John Xavier. Jayaraj and comprising inspectors Madhu R., Vimal, and Manu, sub inspectors Joshy Jacob and Sukumaran, assistant sub inspectors Joseph and Shine, …

Vigilance catches three Kochi corporation officials red-handed while accepting bribe
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Vigilance catches three Kochi corporation officials red-handed while accepting bribe

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ernakulam unit on Friday caught three officials of Kochi Corporation red-handed while accepting a bribe from an Aluva native at Palluruthy. As part of the procedure, the complainant filed documents with the Kochi corporation at its Palluruthy Sub-Division officer. "Later, the accused persons working with Kochi corporation's health department at Palluruthy sub-division office visited the …

Kochi Corpn. to recommend Vigilance probe into allegations of officials demanding bribes
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kochi Corpn. to recommend Vigilance probe into allegations of officials demanding bribes

The Hindu  

The City Corporation has decided to recommend a Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau probe into the allegations of civic officials demanding bribes for regularising some illegal buildings. Mr. Renish alleged that an official had demanded a bribe for re-categorising a building in Vyttila by stating that the money was being collected to be shared between chairpersons of Development and Town Planning …

2 CTOs, 2 GHMC Staff in ACB Net
4 months, 1 week ago

2 CTOs, 2 GHMC Staff in ACB Net

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Two commercial tax officers and two GHMC sanitary field assistants were apprehended by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for demanding bribes in exchange for official favours. According to ACB officials, Mahabub Basha, assistant commissioner of Malakpet Circle, demanded a bribe of Rs.1 lakh to issue a letter to defreeze the complainant’s bank account. The accused accepted a bribe of Rs.50,000 through …

ACB Officials Caught Three Officials in Erstwhile Karimnagar
10 months, 1 week ago

ACB Officials Caught Three Officials in Erstwhile Karimnagar

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Monday trapped Kamalapur tahsildar Madhavi and Dharani operator Rakesh the revenue department while they were accepting a bribe of Rs.5,000 from a person for settling the registration of ‘virasat’ land at the tahsildar’s office in Kamalapur mandal of Huzurabad constituency. The ACB laid a trap and provided Gopal currency notes marked with special ink to …

ACB traps 3 officials taking bribes in two cases
1 year, 7 months ago

ACB traps 3 officials taking bribes in two cases

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Anti-Corruption Bureau trapped three officials for collecting bribes in two separate cases in Annamayya and Palnadu districts on Saturday. In Annamayya district, G. Prabhanjan Reddy of Yerramamenipalem village in T. Sundupalli Mandal approached Sundupalli tahsildar Gadapala Ravi and revenue inspector Kiran for mutation of his farmland. Based on a complaint by Prabhanjan Reddy, ACB authorities laid a trap and …

Judicial magistrate’s clerk among four held in bribery cases in Haryana
1 year, 11 months ago

Judicial magistrate’s clerk among four held in bribery cases in Haryana

Hindustan Times  

Acting on four separate complaints of graft, Haryana’s anti-corruption bureau has arrested an assistant lineman, a reader as well as ahalmad posted in the office of judicial magistrate, Faridabad, and a retired kanungo for allegedly accepting bribe. In the second case, the ACB arrested Sumit, a clerk posted as ahalmad in the court of judicial magistrate first class, Faridabad, while …

Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau arrests government hospital official, two others for taking bribes
2 years, 10 months ago

Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau arrests government hospital official, two others for taking bribes

Firstpost  

The accused had demanded a bribe of Rs 5 crore to clear a bill for the installation of a radiotherapy machine in Sawai Man Singh Hospital from the complainant, said ACB Director General B L Soni Jaipur: The financial advisor of a government hospital here and two others were arrested for allegedly taking bribes of Rs 15.6 lakh, Rajasthan Anti-Corruption …

IAS officer Nannu Mal Pahadiya caught accepting ₹5 lakh bribe, arrested: ACB
2 years, 11 months ago

IAS officer Nannu Mal Pahadiya caught accepting ₹5 lakh bribe, arrested: ACB

Hindustan Times  

JAIPUR: An Indian Administrative Service officer Nannu Mal Pahadiya was arrested by Rajasthan’s anti-corruption bureau on Saturday on charges of accepting a ₹5 lakh bribe. The bureau has also arrested Rajasthan Administrative Service officer Ashok Sankhla and the middleman, Nitin Sharma, also in this case, a senior government official said. Former Alwar district collector Nannu Mal Pahadiya, who posted as …

UDF councillor of Kochi’s Vathuthuruthy and two others arrested for extortion, kidnapping
2 years, 11 months ago

UDF councillor of Kochi’s Vathuthuruthy and two others arrested for extortion, kidnapping

The Hindu  

Three persons, including the United Democratic Front councillor of Vathuthuruthy ward in Kochi Corporation, were arrested by the Elamakkara police on charges of abduction and extortion on April 8. They stand accused of extorting ₹2 lakh from a trader in Edappally besides forcibly securing an undertaking from him for another ₹20 lakh on Thursday evening. A gang led by the …

CBI nabs government officials accepting bribe to clear NOC for construction company
5 years, 9 months ago

CBI nabs government officials accepting bribe to clear NOC for construction company

India TV News  

Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Chandigarh's deputy chief labour commisisoner, labour enforcement officer and three others in a bribery case. Labour Enforcement Officer Vivek Naik is accused of accepting bribe on behalf of Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner Mahesh Chand Sharma from Gurmeet Sidhu, Manish Garg. There are allegations that the government officials were accepting bribes to award NOC to …

Kochi: Four held for Rs 10 crore job fraud
6 years, 2 months ago

Kochi: Four held for Rs 10 crore job fraud

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The Ernakulam north police on Friday arrested four persons for allegedly cheating around Rs.10 crore from over 400 people across the country on the pretext of providing job visas to Australia. The police booked the placement service firm of the accused and arrested the four identified as Arundas, 28, managing director hailing from Thathamangalam, Chithra C. Nair, 26, director, …

Kerala HC judge offered Rs 25 lakh as bribe to save an accused
8 years, 9 months ago

Kerala HC judge offered Rs 25 lakh as bribe to save an accused

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: In a stunning revelation, a sitting judge of Kerala High Court on Monday said that smugglers had offered him Rs 25 lakh to save an accused detained under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act. Sankaran made the oral observation and pursuant to this, VACB special cell SP Sasidharan met the judge later in the …

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