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NDTV
8 hours ago
- NDTV
Rajasthan Cop Caught With Rs 9 Lakh Bribe In Car, Rs 30 Lakh Found In House
Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has caught an additional superintendent of police for alleged bribe money of Rs 9.35 lakh, an official statement issued here on Friday said. Jagaram Meena, the accused additional superintendent of police (ASP), was coming to Jaipur from Jhalawar in a car on Friday evening. The ACB team stopped the car at Shivdaspura toll post and found Rs 9.35 lakh during search. The ASP could not answer about this money, the statement said. The ACB later searched the house of Meena in Kesar Nagar, Jagatpura. About Rs 30 lakh were found in the house. ACB Director General (DG) Dr Ravi Prakash Meharda said the Intelligence Wing received information that ASP Meena is coming to Jaipur from Jhalawar with a huge amount of bribe. Based on this input, a trap was laid to nab the accused officer. Further investigation is underway, he added.
Time of India
20 hours ago
- Time of India
9.35 lakh cash found in car of ACB's additional SP
Jaipur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Friday recovered Rs 9.35 lakh in cash from the vehicle of its own additional SP, Jagram Meena, near the Shivdaspura checkpost on the outskirts of Jaipur. A team of ACB officials intercepted Meena's car around 9:30pm as it entered city limits. During the search, two separate bags containing cash were found inside the vehicle. Meena, who was recently posted with the ACB's Jhalawar unit, was attached to the Bhilwara unit just a day earlier on Thursday. He was under surveillance for the past two months for allegedly accepting kickbacks from various departments and officials. Sources in the agency told TOI that the cash appears to be bribe money. "He was travelling from Jhalawar and headed to his home in Jagatpura when we intercepted him. A separate ACB team is searching his house," said an official. As of late Friday night, Meena was being interrogated at the Shivdaspura police station. Officials stated that an FIR will be registered against him if he fails to provide a satisfactory explanation for the cash found in his possession. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Cuối cùng, chơi miễn phí game chiến thuật hay nhất 2025! Sea of Conquest Phát ngay Undo "We received credible inputs suggesting Meena was extorting bribes from officials in Jhalawar, offering them protection from ACB actions," the official added. This is the second incident in recent weeks where an ACB officer has come under the scanner. Last month, Additional SP Surendra Kumar Sharma was arrested for allegedly running a corruption racket. Sharma, through his aides, was accused of collecting bribes from transport and other department officials under the promise of shielding them from ACB scrutiny.
New Indian Express
a day ago
- New Indian Express
ACB raids RTA, sub-registrar offices in Telangana, seizes unaccounted cash amid graft crackdown
HYDERABAD: Amid ongoing corruption allegations in the Transport department, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday carried out surprise inspections at multiple locations across Telangana, seizing over Rs 2.7 lakh in unaccounted cash. This marks the fourth such crackdown on Road Transport Authority (RTA) offices since May 2024. Raids were conducted at the Salabatpur RTA check post in Kamareddy district and RTA offices in Peddapalli, Trimulgherry, and Uppal. A total of Rs 1.81 lakh was recovered from these sites, along with evidence of procedural violations. In simultaneous checks, sub-registrar offices in Burgampadu (Khammam) and Bheemadevarapally (Warangal) were also raided, yielding Rs 91,000 in unaccounted money. Several irregularities were flagged. ACB officials said detailed reports would be submitted to the state government for further action. In May 2024, the ACB raided 12 RTA offices and checkposts across the state, seizing Rs 2.70 lakh and uncovering multiple violations. Sleuths, posing as drivers and common citizens, exposed bribery by RTA agents and officials. As a result, promotions of some staff were stalled. Earlier, on December 4, 2024, ACB teams seized Rs 62,500 at Bhoraj (Adilabad), Rs 86,600 at Vishnupuram (Nalgonda) and Rs 29,200 at Alampur (Gadwal) checkposts. In March, Rs 27,000 was recovered from an agent at the Nizamabad District Transport Office.
India Today
2 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Case against Saurabh Bhardwaj, Satyendar Jain over corruption in health projects
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against former Delhi ministers Saurabh Bhardwaj and Satyendar Jain in connection with embezzlement of funds meant for health infrastructure projects under the previous AAP case, registered under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, is based on a complaint filed by then-Leader of the Opposition and current Assembly Speaker Vijender had alleged systemic manipulation of project budgets, misuse of public funds, deliberate delays, inflated project costs and the creation of idle assets in collusion with private contractors, causing massive losses to the state exchequer. Bhardwaj and Jain held various portfolios, including health and urban development, at different periods during the previous AAP THE FIR SAYSAccording to the FIR, 24 hospital projects worth Rs 5,590 crore were sanctioned during 2018-2019. However, these projects remained largely incomplete, with substantial and unexplained cost the Rs 1,125-crore ICU hospital project, covering seven pre-engineered facilities with 6,800 beds, remains only 50% complete after nearly three years. Around Rs 800 crore has already been spent. The project initially had a six-month completion ACB has also found unauthorised construction at government hospitals in Jwalapuri by Parnika Commercial & Estate Pvt Ltd, and in Madipur by Ramacivil India Construction Pvt the Madipur hospital project was to be completed by November 2022, but remains abandoned and far from completion, the complaint HOSPITAL PROJECTS It was also found that the seven ICU hospitals, contracted to SAM India Buildwell Pvt Ltd, have seen cost escalations exceeding 100%. Construction is still incomplete, well beyond the deadline of February anti-corruption body also found that a contract awarded to Swadeshi Civil Infrastructure Pvt Ltd for a new block at the LNJP Hospital saw project costs escalate from Rs 488 crore to Rs 1,135 crore over a period of four the project is still incomplete, well beyond the January 2023 complaint also claimed misuse of funds in the polyclinic project. It claimed that only 52 out of 94 planned clinics were constructed, with costs rising from Rs 168 crore to Rs 220 crore. Many of these polyclinics remain a public announcement in 2016-17, the Health Information Management System (HIMS) - a crucial tool for ensuring financial transparency in the health department - remains unimplemented, the FIR mentioned. It also said a cost-effective solution from NIC (e-Hospital) was deliberately rejected without on the findings, the case was registered against the AAP leaders, government officials and private contractors.- EndsMust Watch
NDTV
2 days ago
- NDTV
Woman Cop Caught Taking Rs 95,000 Bribe In Maharashtra
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: A woman police naik has been caught allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 95,000 from a person at the behest of an inspector in Maharashtra's Dharashiv district, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Thursday. The 34-year-old police naik, posted at Dharashiv rural police station, was arrested after being caught taking the bribe on Wednesday, an ACB official said. A person, whose son was accused in a case, had approached the inspector at the police station seeking help. The inspector asked the person to meet his woman colleague, who then allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh from the person on behalf of her senior and finalised the deal at Rs 95,000, the official said. Based on the person's complaint, the ACB laid a trap and caught the police naik while she was accepting the bribe amount from the person near a government guest house in Dharashiv on Wednesday. The accused inspector is currently hospitalised due to some health issues and would be arrested after being discharged, the official said, adding a search was carried out at the policeman's house. The ACB has seized two mobile phones each from both the accused and registered a case against them under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the official said.
