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Road blockade in Vellore against TVK functionary who asked ‘₹1 lakh per month’ bribe from brick kiln operators

Road blockade in Vellore against TVK functionary who asked ‘₹1 lakh per month’ bribe from brick kiln operators

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Residents, mostly brick kiln workers and their families, in Puthur village blocked Cuddalore – Chittoor Highway near bus terminus in Kaniyambadi town in Vellore on May 25, 2026 against a TVK functionary for reportedly demanding monthly payment of bribe to run the units | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Residents, mostly brick kiln workers and their families, at Puthur village in Vellore district blocked the Cuddalore – Chittoor Highway near bus terminus in Kaniyambadi town on Monday (May 25, 2026) against a local Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) functionary for reportedly demanding money to run the units. Residents said that villages such as Nelvoy, Puthur, Vallam, Athiyur, Budur, Kuppam and Odiyathur were traditionally dotted with brick kiln units due to proximity to lakes and ponds in these areas. Most of the families in these villages depend on these units for work. The region has had at least 300 brick kiln units for many years. “Most of the brick kilns in these villages are small-scale units. Work in these units are seasonal as silt from water bodies can …

Raigad revenue official held for taking Rs 30,000 bribe

Raigad revenue official held for taking Rs 30,000 bribe

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A revenue department official was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, officials said on Wednesday, reported the PTI. The 49-year-old accused was caught in a trap operation conducted by the ACB at the Panvel tehsil office. According to officials, the complainant and his wife had purchased land at Gavdevi Pada in Panvel and required a mutation entry in the official records. When the complainant approached the circle office for the 7/12 land record entry, the official allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 to complete the process, the news agency reported. After negotiations, the amount was reportedly reduced to Rs 30,000. ACB trap operation Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the ACB’s Raigad unit and lodged a complaint. Acting on the information, officials laid a trap on Tuesday and caught the accused red-handed while accepting Rs 30,000. The operation was carried out under the supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police Sarita I S Bhosale, according to the PTI. Arrest and legal action Following the …

ACB arrests two forest officials for taking ₹3.5 lakh bribe in Bhadradri Kothagudem

ACB arrests two forest officials for taking ₹3.5 lakh bribe in Bhadradri Kothagudem

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Bhadrachalam Forest Divisional Officer Santhapuri Sujatha and Tegada Deputy Range Officer Bhukya Krishna along with the seized amount. Two Forest Department officials were arrested by the Telangana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday while accepting a bribe of ₹3.5 lakh in Bhadradri Kothagudem district. The accused were identified as Santhapuri Sujatha, Forest Divisional Officer (FDO), Bhadrachalam, and Bhukya Krishna, Deputy Range Officer of Tegada and in-charge Forest Range Officer of Charla. According to the ACB, the duo was trapped at the Forest Divisional Office in Bhadrachalam after demanding and accepting the amount from a complainant. The ACB said the officials sought money in exchange for not registering cases against the complainant over alleged damage to forest trees during the laying of a two-kilometre BT road from Pusuguppa village in Charla mandal to the Chhattisgarh border. The road work was completed in 2025. The officials were also accused of assuring the complainant that they would not interfere in his present and future works. Investigators said the accused initially demanded ₹10 lakh but later reduced the amount to …

ACB traps lineman while taking ₹1 lakh bribe in Nellore district

ACB traps lineman while taking ₹1 lakh bribe in Nellore district

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Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a lineman, Malle Ramesh, working at the Baddevolu-Venkannapalem electric sub-station in Nellore district, while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹1 lakh. The complainant had applied for transferring the service connection in the name of his wife, and for shifting the transformer into his prawn tank, located in Manubolu mandal. Published – May 01, 2026 06:24 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Four police personnel held in Guwahati for allegedly taking bribe from cybercrime accused

Four police personnel held in Guwahati for allegedly taking bribe from cybercrime accused

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A team of four Chhattisgarh Police personnel, including an inspector, was detained by Guwahati Police for allegedly demanding and accepting bribes from three cybercrime accused arrested from Assam. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Kerala Vigilance finds officials took ₹4.69 lakh bribe| India News

Kerala Vigilance finds officials took ₹4.69 lakh bribe| India News

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Thiruvananthapuram, A statewide vigilance probe into illegal soil mining and transportation in Kerala has found that 14 officials across departments allegedly accepted bribes totalling ₹4.69 lakh through UPI transactions from soil contractors and applicants. IIlegal soil mining: Kerala Vigilance finds officials took ₹4.69 lakh bribe The inspections, carried out under “Operation Earth Guard” held on April 20, covered all 14 district Mining and Geology offices, 72 offices in select local self-government institutions and 360 locations flagged for suspected violations, according to an official statement on Tuesday. Acting on intelligence inputs about widespread irregularities, the vigilance department conducted surprise checks and found serious violations, including removal of soil beyond permitted limits and misuse of building permits for illegal excavation. In many cases, landowners obtained permits for construction, removed large quantities of soil, but failed to begin building work within the mandated onecyear period. In some instances, land was altered and later sold as sites after large-scale soil removal, it said. The probe also pointed to the involvement of organised groups engaged in illegal soil mining and …

Two forest officials arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau for accepting bribe

Two forest officials arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau for accepting bribe

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Two forest department officials have been arrested in Maharashtra`s Thane district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000.  As reported by news agency PTI, the forest officials were allegedly demanding the sum to issue an NOC for a petrol pump, the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) said on Thursday. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) also highlighted that the accused have been identified as forester Vilas Shivaji Sanap and forest guard Rekha Gaikwad, both stationed at the forest department office in Kunda, Mamnoli, under Kalyan taluka, as per PTI.  Forest officials demanded bribe to issue NOC for a petrol pump According to Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB) Anil Jaykar, the complainant had received a sanction to open a new petrol pump and required a mandatory no-objection certificate (NOC) from the forest department. When he applied for the certificate, Sanap allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 to process the request. Following negotiations, the bribe amount was reduced to Rs 25,000. After being alerted, the ACB laid a trap at the forest office on Wednesday and caught Gaikwad while accepting …

Maharashtra: Beed remand home superintendent caught taking Rs 30,000 bribe

Maharashtra: Beed remand home superintendent caught taking Rs 30,000 bribe

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A superintendent of a government-run remand home in Maharashtra’s Beed district was allegedly caught taking a Rs 30,000 bribe from a private security guard to facilitate official work, the ACB said on Tuesday. The ACB’s Jalna unit caught Kapil Bhimrao Kamble (43), a junior security officer and superintendent of the remand home, while accepting the bribe in the Palwan Chowk area on Monday evening, an official said, the PTI reported.  The action was taken based on a complaint filed by a security guard, who alleged that after joining duty at the remand home, the accused demanded Rs 45,000 to facilitate official work, including forwarding attendance reports to the company and assisting in the issuance of his employment order. The accused official has been taken into custody, and a case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the official added. Thane medical officer arrested for taking Rs 2,000 bribe for gun licence certificate A medical officer from Thane district was arrested last week for allegedly accepting a Rs 2,000 bribe to issue a medical …

Never sought bribe from SRK to spare Aryan Khan in drugs case: Sameer Wankhede

Never sought bribe from SRK to spare Aryan Khan in drugs case: Sameer Wankhede

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Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan spent almost a month in custody after he was arrested in October 2021 from an alleged rave party. Sameer Wankhede, the officer in charge of his arrest, recently told the Bombay High Court that he never demanded or accepted any bribe from Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son. The claim comes as Wankhede seeks to quash a CBI FIR accusing him of corruption and extortion in connection with the case. Sameer Wankhede reveals he never took bribe from SRK Former NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede told the Bombay High Court on Monday that he never demanded or took a bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son Aryan Khan following the latter`s arrest in a cruise drugs case. Wankhede`s counsel, Aabad Ponda, was arguing the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer`s plea seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in May 2023 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of corruption and bribery. Ponda told a bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and …

Sameer Wankhede tells Bombay HC he never sought bribe from Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son Aryan Khan in drugs case

Sameer Wankhede tells Bombay HC he never sought bribe from Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son Aryan Khan in drugs case

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a money laundering case against former zonal director of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sameer Wankhede, in 2024, who was accused of demanding ₹25 crore bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan for not framing his son Aryan Khan in a drug case in October 2021. As per the latest update on news agency PTI, Sameer Wankhede told the Bombay High Court on Monday (March 23) that he never demanded or accepted a bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son, Aryan Khan, following the latter’s arrest in a cruise drugs case. Sameer Wankhede (left), Shah Rukh Khan and son Aryan (right) What the counsel told Bombay High Court Sameer Wankhede’s counsel, Aabad Ponda, was arguing the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer’s plea seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in May 2023 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of corruption and bribery. He told a bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Suman Shyam that Wankhede never demanded or took a bribe from …