Overview
- Multiple complaint-led traps that caught public servants taking cash on Tuesday and Wednesday resulted in arrests in Telangana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
- The CBI in Mumbai arrested Income Tax Inspector Subhash Kumar Yadav after a trap in which he was alleged to have accepted ₹15 lakh; searches of his premises recovered about ₹11 lakh in cash and documents now under scrutiny.
- Telangana ACB arrested Mirchowk Inspector M. Kondal Rao and Home Guard Abid Ali after recovery of ₹3 lakh said to be part of a demanded ₹6 lakh, and separately detained Banjara Hills SI Kottoor Vijay and a legal‑metrology inspector over bribe demands ranging from ₹20,000 to a negotiated ₹1 lakh.
- State ACB units in Rajasthan and Maharashtra arrested a contractual junior engineer in Bundi for allegedly taking ₹70,000, a Mundawar BDO and junior assistant for allegedly accepting ₹65,000, and the Malegaon municipal commissioner with two aides for an alleged ₹80,000 payment tied to civic bills.
- All cases are being investigated under the Prevention of Corruption Act with the accused produced before special courts for judicial remand and agencies urging victims to report bribe demands through published helplines and social channels.