Vol. XIII Issue no.55
Chennai, Sep 5 , 2010
Two cops arrested in bribery case
New Delhi , August 25: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Inspector working as SHO, Police Station – Industrial Area, Chandigarh; Sub Inspector and two private persons in bribery case of Rs.40,000/- The complainant alleged that a civil case regarding the cust
CBI arrests Director, Commerce Ministry in corruption cases
New Delhi, August 24: CBI has arrested R.K. Jain, Director (Anti-Dumping) in the Department of Commerce and Industry, yesterday and has registered three regular cases on 19.08.2010 against him, against the officials of three private companies, a tout and against a company under various S
CBI arrests a SE, CPWD for accepting bribe of Rs. One Lakh
New Delhi , August 20: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Superintending Engineer (Civil) CPWD, Central Circle, Bangalore for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.1,00,000/- from the complainant. The complainant, a CPWD contractor has alleged in his complaint that the ac
CBI arrests CCM, ER in a bribery case
New Delhi , August 12: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Chief Commercial Manager (Passenger Services), Eastern Railway, Kolkata for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000/- from the complainant. The officer belongs to 1983 batch of IRTS. The complainan
CBI raids top excise official
Bhopal, August 13: A team of CBI from Delhi today raided the office and residence of Central Excise and Customs Chief Commissioner in connection with alleged irregularities committed by him. The CBI team raided the office and residence of Ram Prakash here this morning, offici
Over Rs 12k cr of tax demands locked in court disputes: Pranab
New Delhi, August 13: Over Rs 12,000 crore in tax demands was locked on account of disputes, pending resolution at various courts, as on June 30, 2010, Parliament was informed today. While cases involving tax demand of about Rs 7,635 crore are pending in Income Tax Appellate Tribun
CVC recommends major penalty against 92 officers
New Delhi, August 12: The Central Vigilance Commission disposed of 1167 cases during June 2010 referred to it for advice. Of these, 763 complaints were sent for necessary action/ATR. The Commission advised imposition of major penalty against 92 officers including 21 fro
CBI arrests senior ER officer for graft
Kolkata, August 9: The CBI today arrested a senior officer of the Eastern Railway for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 to renew the licence of a travel agency. ER sources said Chief Commercial Manager (Passenger Services) Subrata Mukherjee was arrested by CBI sleuths
Nearly 200 MCD officials booked for graft since 2007
New Delhi, August 8: Even as several MCD projects related to the Commonwealth Games face allegations of irregularities, the data available shows that 191 officials of the civic body have been booked in corruption cases since 2007. The CBI and the Anti-Corruption Branch of the
Policeman arrested for taking bribe
Chennai, August 5: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Tuesday arrested a sub-inspector of police attached to the Tirumullaivoyal police station for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant. DVAC sources said that Duraisamy’s neighbour Gopal had lodg
Tahsildar, RMO held accepting bribe
Hyderabad, August 4: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Monday arrested K. Ravichandran, Tahsildar of B. Kodur mandal, in Kadapa district, after they caught him accepting a bribe of Rs.15,000 from the complainant for doing an official favour. A press release issued by ACB here on
Drug Inspector held for graft
Patna, August 3: A drug inspector was arrested by state Vigilance Bureau for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 11,000 at Nalanda today, vigilance officials said. On a complaint by Brajnandan Prasad Sinha of Ben village that the accused Bhola Prasad had sought bribe for giving licence
CBI indicts ex-SC judge, 23 other judges
New Delhi, July 29: This is the biggest-ever indictment of the country’s judiciary. An extensive CBI probe into the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 6.58 crore from the provident fund accounts of class-III and IV employees in the Ghaziabad district court, has found a former Supreme Court judg
CBI arrests two officials of NCB in a bribery case
New Delhi, July 26: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Superintendent and a UDC, both working in the Office of Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Lucknow for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. Two Lakhs from the complainant. A case was registered at
Assistant PF Commissioner sentenced for accepting bribe
New Delhi , July 27, 2010: Shri M.P. Jaganathan, Special Judge for CBI cases, Madurai, convicted Shri D. Pandian, Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner, Sub-Regional Office of the Provident Fund Commissioner, Trichy (Tamil Nadu) in a bribery case of Rs. Four Lakhs. He was sentenced to undergo
Censor Board officer held for graft
Chennai, July 28: The CBI's anti-corruption wing on Tuesday trapped and caught the regional officer of the Central Board of Film Certification accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000 from a film producer. D Rajasekharan, a 1998 Indian Forest Service official was caught in his office on the fifth floor
2 SIs caught taking bribe in Puducherry
Puducherry, July 20: Two police sub-inspectors in the Union territory of Puducherry were caught red-handed by a CBI team when they allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant for tracing his missing wife.
CBI sources said Palani, a driver by profession, lodged a c
EB chief engineer held for accepting bribe
Chennai, July 14: A chief engineer with the State electricity board was caught red handed accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh at Anna Salai on Tuesday. Srinivasagan, the chief engineer, Electricity Board Chennai south distribution, was caught by a team of Directorate of Vigilance and An
Two officials held on graft charge
Chennai, July 11: Officials of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Friday night arrested a Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories and an Inspector of Factories on charges of taking a bribe from the manager of brick manufacturing unit. According to agency sources, M. Isaimani
RTO arrested by CBI on graft charges
Karaikal (Puducherry), July 10: The Regional Transport Officer here has been arrested on corruption charges by the CBI following a raid at his office and residences. An eight-member team of CBI's vigilance wing conducted the raid last evening based on complaints of large scale corr
CBI files charge-sheet against former DG, Ordnance Factories
New Delhi , June 30: The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a charge sheet today against former Director General of Ordnance Factories-cum- the then Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board, Kolkata and 11 others in the Court of Special Judge, CBI, Kolkata, for offences of criminal conspi
Goa Director (AH) in ACB net for accepting bribe
Panaji, June 29: The Anti-Corporation Bureau (ACB) today trapped a senior state government officer while accepting a bribe. P K Patidar, registrar of cooperative societies, who also holds additional charge as director of animal husbandry and veterinary services, was trapped by the
Ex MCI chief arrested afresh in DA case
New Delhi, June 22: A Delhi court today granted bail to former Medical Council of India (MCI) president Ketan Desai in a corruption case but he would not be released as CBI arrested him afresh for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets.
Special Judge Rajnish Bhatnagar allowe
Govt official arrested for accepting bribe in J&K
Srinagar, June 18: State vigilance sleuths today arrested Assistant Commissioner Development, Kupwara, Abdul Rashid Bhat while he was accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000 from contractor Ghulam Rasool Shah, the complainant, in presence of witnesses, a spokesman of the anti-corruption departmen
