Punjab Vigilance arrested 172 in 129 bribery cases in 2022
Kumar said “3,72,175 entries/complaints were received last year on the CM Anti-Corruption Action Line facility for the general public. Of these, 6,407 complaints were received with audio/video recordings and 294 complaints pertaining to the VB.”
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) last year arrested a total of 172 accused in 129 bribery cases which included 83 in 65 trap cases and 89 in 64 complaints online.
“The bureau, in its ongoing campaign against corruption as directed by the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has set a record in registration of bribery cases, arrests of accused in corruption, registration of criminal cases and arrests made besides filling of vigilance enquiries (VE) and suspects involved in these probes as compared to the last two years,” said VB Chief Director-cum-ADGP Varinder Kumar in a written statement. Last year, there were 88 bribery cases, in which 134 accused were arrested. In 2020, 106 accused were arrested in 77 graft cases, as per the data shared by the VB. VB chief director said that “during the year, apart from other departments, 30 personnel of Punjab Police, 13 of revenue department, 5 of power department and 4 of local bodies were nabbed red-handed while taking bribes in different trap-cases since January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.”
He added that “eradicating corruption in all its forms and to end its corrosive impact on the governance system of the state is the topmost priority of the Punjab government led by Punjab CM. “In order to execute the same by encouraging people to come forward and report corruption in state public offices, the CM had launched Chief Minister’s Anti-Corruption Action Line on 23 March 2022 which has shown notable results,” it was said.
Anti-Corruption Action Line receives 3,72,175 complaints
Kumar said “3,72,175 entries/complaints were received last year on the CM Anti-Corruption Action Line facility for the general public. Of these, 6,407 complaints were received with audio/video recordings and 294 complaints pertaining to the VB.”
He said, “64 FIRs were registered against 26 civilians, 27 police officials and 29 civil departments on the basis of online complaints received in which 89 persons have been arrested/ bailed out so far.”
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