prevention of corruption act

Bhubaneswar, March 12 The Odisha vigilance department has arrested a police assistant sub-inspector for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a dhaba owner, officials said on Friday.The arrested officer, identified as Arupa Nanda Das, who was stationed at the Badagaon...

New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a part of the December 19, 2025 order of the Delhi High Court permitting the Lokpal to consider granting sanction to the CBI to file a charge sheet against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the alleged cash-for-query scam.A bench...

Thane, March 13 An RTO agent was arrested in Thane for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a man who wanted a two-wheeler learner's licence, a Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said on Friday.He identified the accused as Krishnakumar Mishra (44), a resident of...

Mumbai, March 12 A special court on Thursday dropped corruption charges in the multi-crore fraud case against Guruashish Construction Pvt Ltd and its directors Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawan after the CBI concluded that no public servants were involved in the graft linked to the offense.The...

Chandigarh, March 12 – The investigation into the IDFC First Bank scam has revealed that the main accused created several shell companies and illegally transferred government funds to various accounts, said Additional Director General of Police Charu Bali, who is posted with the State Vigilance...

Jaipur, March 12 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested two revenue officials in Jaipur on Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000, officials said.Patwari Vikram Bunkar and another employee, Ashok Kumar, who were working at the Khedi gram panchayat in the Bassi tehsil...

Ranchi, March 12 – In yet another crackdown on corruption in Jharkhand, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) conducted raids in two districts on Thursday, arresting a police sub-inspector in Koderma and a woman Panchayat secretary in Gumla for allegedly accepting bribes.In the Koderma district...

Bhubaneswar, March 12 The Odisha Vigilance Department arrested a tahsildar on Thursday for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, an official said.The tahsildar from Kantapara in Cuttack district will be produced before the court of the Special Judge...

New Delhi, March 11 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the CBI's stand on a petition filed by former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav challenging the framing of corruption charges against him in the alleged land-for-jobs scam case.Justice Manoj Jain issued a notice to the agency on the...

New Delhi, March 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized the CBI for its investigation into the alleged "unholy nexus" between banks and developers to defraud homebuyers in Delhi-NCR and other parts of the country, stating that prolonging the investigation would only cause more distress to...

Thane, March 11 The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested an assistant engineer with the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) in Raigad for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh, the ACB said on Wednesday.A person had obtained a consent letter for the...

Patna, March 10 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Patna Zonal Office has filed a charge sheet before the Special Court here under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in Patna, in connection with a money laundering case linked to illegal sand mining and corruption, ED...

Mumbai, March 10 A person acquires proceeds of crime if he takes a bribe, the Bombay High Court has said while refusing relief to a former senior official of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation arrested by the ED last year in a money laundering case.A bench of Chief Justice Shree...

Jammu, March 9 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau in Jammu and Kashmir arrested a police officer on Monday for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a person in the Reasi district, an official said.Head Constable Parvaiz Ahmad Bhati, a resident of Mandhar, was apprehended following a...

Jaipur, March 9 – Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Monday approved strict action against several public servants for negligence, indiscipline, and corruption.In a major review, the Chief Minister disposed of over 50 cases related to prosecution sanction, matters under Section 17-A...

Chennai, March 9 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made serious allegations against the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), claiming that the party has resorted to large-scale financial inducements to secure electoral alliances and influence voters in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly...

Bhubaneswar, March 8 The Odisha Vigilance arrested a government engineer on Sunday for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said.Pramod Kumar Ray, assistant executive engineer (AEE) in the Derabish irrigation sub-division under the Kendrapara...

Jammu, March 8 Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday that Jammu and Kashmir is no longer settling for mediocrity and is now daring to dream big.Lt. Governor Sinha inaugurated the headquarters of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) at Sidhra in Jammu city.He said at the inaugural function...

Mumbai, March 6 The Deputy Commissioner of State Tax (GST) and a private individual were arrested on Friday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh in Nashik, a Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau official said.He identified the arrested individuals as Deputy Commissioner of...

Ahmedabad, March 6 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against city-based Anil Nutrients Ltd, its director Amol Shripal Sheth, and six others in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged fraud of Rs 47.88 crore involving Bank of India, officials...