Overview
- ACB teams in several states carried out discreet verifications and laid physical traps that resulted in multiple arrests and cash recoveries under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- A junior engineer of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation, Sanjay Kumar Bairwa, was arrested after allegedly accepting Rs 80,000 from a complainant who says he had demanded Rs 2 lakh to keep a construction project running.
- A Madhya Pradesh head constable, Tapesh Gosai, was arrested in Bhilwara after allegedly accepting Rs 50,000 of a demanded Rs 1.10 lakh to avoid harming an arrested person, and two people in Thane were caught taking about Rs 77,300 for a school admission.
- In Nagpur a Home Guard zonal officer, Pradeep Vijay Nagpure, was detained when an ACB probe established a Rs 30,000 demand for reinstatement even though he did not take money during the trap, and a sub-registrar in Akola was arrested for allegedly accepting Rs 10,000 to reduce stamp duty.
- Cases have been registered and investigations are ongoing with evidence such as recovered cash and chemical tests used in traps, a development that could lead to prosecutions and affect how citizens access permits, admissions and other services.