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Time of India
a day ago
- General
- Time of India
Forest department officer in ACB net for taking bribe
Vijayawada: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials arrested Gubbala Venkata Venu Jayaprakash, deputy range officer of forest dept in Machilipatnam, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 18,000. According to ACB officials, the accused demanded the bribe from Vannamreddy Venkata Ravindranath, a resident of Balaramunipeta in Machilipatnam. Ravindranath submitted an application to renew the Form-II licence for his wood industry and depot. Jayaprakash allegedly sought the bribe in return for processing and recommending the application to higher officials. Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached ACB authorities in Vijayawada, who registered a case under Section 7(a) of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. Acting on the complaint, ACB officials laid a trap and caught Jayaprakash red-handed while accepting the bribe amount. Investigations revealed that this is not the first time the officer faced corruption charges. In 2017, while serving in Rajahmundry range, he was caught by the ACB in Eluru while taking a bribe of Rs 60,000. Jayaprakash was produced before the ACB special court in Vijayawada on Wednesday. ACB has appealed to the public to report any instances of corruption in govt depts by contacting their local ACB office or by using toll-free number 1064, mobile number 9440440057, or by sending an email to: complaints-acb@
New Indian Express
3 days ago
- New Indian Express
Crorepati engineer in Vigilance net
BERHAMPUR: Vigilance officials on Sunday arrested an assistant executive engineer of Roads and Buildings (Division-1) in Berhampur for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets worth around Rs 5 crore. Following a tip-off, Vigilance sleuths conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations linked to the accused, N Dillip Kumar Choudhury, and his family members on Saturday. Sources said assets worth over Rs 4.9 crore were detected, which is around 119 per cent more than his income. Some of Choudhury's assets unearthed by the anti-corruption agency include a double-storeyed residential building in Berhampur's Mayuree Vihar valued at around Rs 1 crore, a three-BHK flat in Evos Exotica apartment in Bhubaneswar's Saheed Nagar worth over Rs 1 crore, a two-BHK flat at Spectrum Royale in Berhampur's Dharma Nagar valued at around Rs 50 lakh, 11 plots in Berhampur and its adjoining areas estimated to be worth Rs 2 crore, bank and insurance deposits amounting to around Rs 30 lakh, two two-wheelers and household articles worth over Rs 16 lakh. A case was registered against the engineer under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 following which he was arrested. 'Further investigation is underway to trace more undisclosed assets and determine the full extent of the financial irregularities,' said Vigilance officials.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
On retirement day, Odisha chief engineer held for Rs 15cr assets, 483% more than income
Representative image BHUBANESWAR: A day after Baikunthanath Sarangi, chief engineer with Odisha's rural development department, was caught on camera tossing bundles of cash onto his neighbour's terrace during a vigilance raid at his Bhubaneswar house, officers arrested him on his day of retirement Saturday on charges of possessing disproportionate assets worth over Rs 15 crore. Vigilance officers produced Sarangi before a designated court, which rejected his bail plea and remanded him in judicial custody. Officers said Sarangi's arrest was the 61st case against a Class I officer in the state this year in an ongoing anti-corruption drive. "Sarangi was found to be in possession of assets which were 483% more than his known sources of income," an officer said. He was booked under the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. During searches, vigilance sleuths found two double-storey residential buildings, a flat each in Bhubaneswar and Puri, and seven high-value plots on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar and Angul belonging to Sarangi. Cash amounting to Rs 2.5 crore was also found. Sarangi had invested Rs 2.7 crore in the share market and Rs 1.5 crore in insurance and banks. In another development, sleuths on Saturday conducted searches at locations related to assistant executive engineer (roads & buildings division-1) N Dillip Kumar Choudhury in Berhampur and Bhubaneswar for alleged disproportionate assets.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Chief engineer arrested on retirement day for illegal assets of Rs 15cr
1 2 3 4 5 6 Bhubaneswar: A day after Baikunthanath Sarangi, chief engineer of rural development department, was caught on video tossing around Rs 50 lakh in cash onto his neighbour's terrace during a vigilance raid here, officers arrested him on his day of retirement on Saturday for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets worth over Rs 15 crore. Vigilance officers produced him before a designated court, which rejected his bail plea and remanded him in judicial custody. Officers said the arrest was the 61st case against Class-I officers in the state this year in the ongoing anti-corruption drive. "Sarangi was found to be in possession of disproportionate assets which were 483% more than his known sources of income," a vigilance officer said. He was booked under sections 13(2), 13(1)(b) and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018. During searches, vigilance sleuths found two double-storey residential buildings, a flat in Bhubaneswar, another flat in Puri, and seven high-value plots on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar and Angul belonging to Sarangi. Cash amounting to Rs 2,56,29,299 was found, of which Rs 1,34,34,299 was in his wife's name. Officers faced a tough task retrieving Rs 50 lakh that Sarangi threw on the terrace of his neighbour from the window of his house in Dumduma area of the city upon seeing the sleuths. Vigilance found that Sarangi invested Rs 2.7 crore in the share market and Rs 1.5 crore in insurance and banks. Sarangi started his career as an engineer in the panchayati raj department in 1991 with a monthly salary of Rs 2,000. In Feb this year, he was promoted to chief engineer. In another development, vigilance sleuths on Saturday conducted searches at multiple locations related to assistant executive engineer (roads and buildings division-1), N Dillip Kumar Choudhury, in Berhampur and Bhubaneswar for alleged possession of disproportionate assets. The searches detected a double-storey building in Mayuree Vihar, Berhampur, a three-BHK flat in Saheed Nagar, Bhubaneswar, a 2-BHK flat at Dharma Nagar in Berhampur, 11 plots and several pieces of land in Berhampur. They found bank balance and investment worth over Rs 28.53 lakh and two wheelers and household articles worth over Rs 10. 11 lakh during search.
Time of India
21-05-2025
- Time of India
IMC zonal office superintendent arrested on bribe charges
Indore: Indore Municipal Corporation's zonal office superintendent was caught red-handed by Lokayukta police while accepting bribe of Rs 20,000 from a drainage worker. According to DSP Anand Chauhan, they received a complaint from Bharat Singoliya, who worked as drainage worker in Zone 11 from 2008 to July 2024. On July 18, 2024, Bharat was relieved from his duties by additional commissioner Siddharth Jain. On May 13, 2025, a fresh order reappointing him as drainage worker was issued by deputy commissioner. After receiving the reappointment order, Bharat approached Sanjay Ved, office superintendent of Zone 18. During the meeting, Ved demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 for facilitating the appointment. Bharat negotiated and agreed to pay Rs 15,000, upon which Ved took Rs 5,000 on the spot and told Bharat that he would not proceed with the appointment until the remaining amount was paid. Bharat then approached Lokayukta SP Rajesh Sahay with a detailed complaint. Acting on this, Lokayukta team laid a trap and instructed Bharat to call Ved and ask him to collect the remaining bribe amount at World Cup Square. When Ved arrived to collect the money from Bharat, the Lokayukta police arrested him on the spot. A case has been registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018.
