Media Reports on Corruption in India

The BMC has dismissed 55 of its employees from service, who have been convicted of corruption, and suspended 134 others, it said in a statement on January 31. Those suspendedincluded53employeesagainstwhomcomplaintshavebeenfiledonchargesof corruption or bribery, and 81 staffers against whom complaints of fraud have been registered.ReadMore

The Enforcement Directorate has accused Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of connivingwiththeaccusedinthealleged“liquorscam”.TheallegationagainstKejriwal,the firsteverinconnectionwiththeallegedscaminwhichhisdeputyManishSisodiaandclose aide Vijay Nair are also accused, has been levelled in a fresh chargesheet filed by the anti-moneylaunderingagency ReadMore

Former director health services, Dr Ajay Kumar Gupta was arrested on February 2 by vigilance and anti corruption bureau aer he surrendered before the court aer the rejectionofhisanticipatorybailapplicationbythehighcourtofHimachalPradesh.Hehas been sent to police remand till February 4. The case involves takingacommission/bribe money of Rs 4.25 lakh for the purchase of ABG machines during his tenure asdirectorof healthservices.ReadMore

The BJP on February 3hitoutatDelhichiefministerArvindKejriwalforquestioningthe Enforcement Directorate's supplementary chargesheet in the excise "scam" case saying that it has now been proved that the chief minister and his deputy Manish Sosidia were directlyinvolvedincorruption.ReadMore

ThePunjabandHaryanahighcourtonJanuary30dismissedthebailpleaofPunjabIAS officer Sanjay Popli, arrested by the state vigilance bureau on June 20 last year, in a corruption case. Popli had approached the high court on October 20 aer his plea was dismissed by a Mohali court on August 29. The 2008-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer was arrested in a case pertaining to the allotment of tenders when he was postedasthechiefexecutiveofficerofthePunjabWaterSupplyandSewerageBoard.Read More

In a major relief for former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, the Supreme CourtdismissedtheCBI'sappealchallengingtheBombayHighCourtordergrantingbailto theNationalistCongressParty(NCP)leaderinacorruptioncase ReadMore