The lokayukta police have registered maximum number of cases this year and 18 officers have been sentenced by the court and are behind bars.
Property worth Rs30 crore has been surrendered by different officers.
SP lokayukta Indore Arun Mishra told The Pioneer that Indore lokayukta police have registered total 127 cases this year. Eighty Government employees were trapped red handed while taking bribe. Raid has been conducted on the houses of 10 officers. Thirty-seven cases have been registered for the misuse of their government post and Government machinery. Thirty-two cases have been of scholarship scam in which the Para medical officers were involved.
Property worth Rs30 crore has been unearthed by the lokayukta police in 10 raids on houses and premises of 10 officers of different government departments. 6 cases are in court for the confiscation of the property of corrupt official in which the property of the officers which they have gained by misusing their post will be confiscated by the government.
SP Arun Mishra said that lokayukta police have caught the DSP of AJK police station Dhar accepting the bribe of Rs 50 thousand and later raided his house and unearthed the property worth crore of rupees. The houses of deputy labour commissioner lP Pathak, District Registrar Sudhir Kumar Mishra, master mind of vyapam scam Pankaj Trivedi, Deputy commissioner of excise department Naval Singh Jamod were raided.
lokaukta police submitted the chalan against the 45 officers in court. 18 officers were sentenced by the court and are behind the bars. It is to be noted that in the year 2013, 75 cases were registered, 71 officers were caught red handed, 3 cases were of misuse of their post. Fifteen corrupt official were sentenced by court and sent to jail.