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OVER 20 OFFICIALS IN HARYANA CAUGHT FOR BRIBERY IN MARCH

Despite the strict warning and stern action by the Haryana government, a string of officials as well employees are not hesitating to take bribes in the state which is a matter of serious concern. Be it Class one officials or someone else, it does not matter and a lot of them are caught red-handed every […]

Despite the strict warning and stern action by the Haryana government, a string of officials as well employees are not hesitating to take bribes in the state which is a matter of serious concern. Be it Class one officials or someone else, it does not matter and a lot of them are caught red-handed every month while taking bribes. In continuation to this, it came to fore that Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has been able to nab 22 government officials red-handed while accepting bribes during the month of March 2022, which includes three Class I officers and 19 Class III employees.

Divulging the aforesaid information one of the officials of the Vigilance Bureau informed that the above officials were nabbed accepting bribes from Rs 2000 to Rs 5 lakh. In addition, cases against 13 more officials including three Class I officers, one Class II officer, 7 Class III employees and two private persons have been registered on the basis of complaints/enquiries under the Prevention of Corruption Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The bureau has also recommended criminal cases against three gazetted officers, three non-gazetted officers, and 3 private persons in four enquiries conducted during the same period. In addition, it had also sent a report of six special checkings/technical investigations to the government, recommending departmental action against 14 gazetted officers, 5 non-gazetted officers and to recover over Rs 16.25 lakh from the concerned agency.

Among the arrested in month of the March, District Town Planner Karnal Vikram and his driver Balbir were caught red-handed receiving bribe of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 5000 respectively while a Tehsildar of Karnal namely Rajbaksh was nabbed in connection with a similar case. Similarly, Chaman Lal Building Inspector, Municipal Council, Palwal was arrested taking Rs 5 lakh bribe while Vijay Kumar Executive Engineer of HSVP Horticulture Wing was apprehended taking a bribe of Rs 30000.

ESI Devender posted at PS Ateli, Narnaul was arrested taking Rs 50000 bribe, Nirmala Transport Inspector, Bahadurgarh arrested taking bribe of Rs20000, Sub-Inspector Rishipal of Saha Police Station and ESI Kulvinder Singh of CID were nabbed for demanding and accepting Rs 20000, Chand Ram J.E. of UHBVN posted at Babain (Kurukshetra) and Devender, Lineman were nabbed while taking Rs 15000 .

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