The State Vigilance police arrested 187 persons in the year 2020 either for their involvement in corruption or other malpractices. The Vigilance Directorate said 34 of these arrestees were Class-I officers and 28 Class-II officers. While 112 were Class-III and Class-IV employees, other 13 were either other public servants or private persons.
In the year, the Vigilance had registered a total of 245 criminal cases against 381 persons, of whom 53 were Class-I officers and 37 Class-II officers. Among the registered cases, a whopping 93 of them were Disproportionate Assets (DA) cases registered against as many persons. These 93 persons had acquired total assets worth Rs 124 crore that were found to be disproportionate to their known sources of income.
Vigilance officials also intercepted eight officers while carrying unaccounted cash of nearly Rs 27 lakh. Besides, 103 trap cases were instituted against 113 public servants and two private persons for demanding and accepting and giving bribes amounting to Rs 17 lakh. In one case, there was a bribe demand of Rs two lakh; and in five other cases, the demands were more than Rs one lakh.
At least 49 cases were registered against 128 persons in the year relating to misappropriation of public money amounting to nearly Rs 16 crore. Misappropriation cases were registered against 20 Class-I officers, two Class-II officers, 60 Class-III employees and one Class-IV employee. At least 16 such cases were registered against other public servants and 29 private persons for misappropriation of public funds. The Government in the year 2020 dismissed a total of 15 public servants following their convictions in the Vigilance cases. They included one Class-I officer and three Class-II officers.
The Government also stopped disbursement of pension to 16 retired employees for they were convicted in Vigilance cases.