The Vigilance department has registered a total of 453 criminal cases against 61 Class-I officers, 61 Class-II officers, 383 Class-III employees, 10 Class-IV employees, 38 other public servants and 356 private persons during the current year till December 28.
These cases have been registered against the officials for their alleged involvement in various irregularities and corruption, informed an official release on Thursday.
While 105 cases have been registered for acquisition of disproportionate assets against 110 public servants and 49 private persons amounting to Rs 65.17 crore (as per FIR), 159 trap cases registered during the period against 169 public servants and five private persons for demanding and accepting bribe of a total of Rs 18.86 lakh.
The release said 179 corruption cases have been registered against 269 public servants and 307 private persons for misappropriation of Government money amounting to Rs 16.84 crore and 10 cases registered under the Essential Commodities Act. Between June 25 and December 28, Vigilance conducted about 232 surprise checks, 160 secret verifications, 307 petition inquiries along with initiating 152 file inquiries and registering 62 criminal cases against public servants and others for their alleged involvement in the State Government’s one of the most pivotal projects Rural Housing Scheme.
Vigilance has initiated 595 inquiries for their alleged involvement in various acts of corruption and malpractice. During the period, the anti-corruption agency disposed of about 442 inquiries, out of which 101 were referred to respective departments for initiation of departmental action.
Sales Tax Wing detected 62 tax evasion cases in between January and December 28 and collected Rs 13.15 crore approximately from spot assessments. Sales Tax Wing also detected suppression of gross turn over of Rs 95.81 crore, which the sleuths expect can generate revenue of Rs 18.19 crore after disposal.
The Anti-Corruption Department with the help of the forest wing have conducted 90 joint raids involving 53 persons, in which, timber and other forest produce worth Rs 2.86 crores were seized, said the release.
According to information, the overall registration of cases relating to corruption and disproportionate assets (DA) by the Vigilance department has decreased this year compared to 2016 when a total of 576 cases were registered.