Kendrapada: Vigilance officials on Friday arrested a revenue inspector (RI) of Kaupada circle in Kendrapada district while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,500 from a person to facilitate issuance of a record of rights (ROR) in a mutation case. The accused, Darshini Lenka, was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting the bribe from the complainant…
Patna: The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Monday arrested a station house officer (SHO) in Patna district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 27,000 inside the police station premises.The accused, sub-inspector Saurabh Kumar, SHO of Samyagarh police station, was allegedly demanding weekly payments from a complainant in exchange for allowing an earthmover machine to…
Chennai: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) raided at least 35 taluk offices in Tamil Nadu on Friday as part of a statewide drive to detect bribery and the collection of unaccounted money. Officials seized ₹13.78 lakh in cash and identified online transactions to the tune of ₹68.32 lakh that were yet to be…
Coimbatore: Sleuths from the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) on Monday, seized ₹1.14 lakh in unaccounted cash, following a surprise inspection at a transport department check-post on the interstate border on the Salem-Kochi highway.During searches, vigilance officials recovered the unaccounted cash from the KG Chavadi check post. The money was seized from motor vehicle…
Bhubaneswar: Vigilance officers on Saturday apprehended a woman assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police while she was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 at Jarapada police station in Angul district on Saturday. The accused ASI was identified as Sita Nayak, currently serving at Jarapada police station. She was the investigating officer in a recently registered…
The seized gold and silver jewellery Berhampur: Odisha State Vigilance on Monday recovered another 703 grams of gold and 375 grams of silver jewellery from the possession of Baikuntha Nath Behera, 52, the assistant executive engineer of Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA), Baliguda, in Kandhamal district, who was arrested on Sunday for allegedly amassing disproportionate…
Koraput: The recent vigilance recovery from Baliguda assistant executive engineer Baikuntha Nath Behera has once again brought the issue of prolonged deputation of engineers in various departments under the spotlight, with critics alleging that extended tenures have contributed to corruption in tribal development projects.Behera, who joined the govt service on Aug 16, 1999, was deputed…
Patna: The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Thursday arrested a revenue employee and a middleman while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 35,000 in Phulwari Sharif, Patna.According to the VIB, the main accused, Rana Ranvijay Gopal, a revenue employee posted at Mainpuranda panchayat, was caught red-handed while taking the bribe. The middleman, Guddu Kumar, a…
