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Anti-Corruption Bureau, Maharashtra

- DNA: Loan recovery officer held for taking bribe in Mumbai: June 18, 2010
- IE: Two policemen held for taking bribe: June 16, 2010
- DNA: Kingfisher Airline security boss lands in CBI net: June 12, 2010
- IE: Over 100 officials under ACB scanner: 07 June, 2010
- HT: Sales tax officer held for accepting Rs 8,000 bribe: May 29, 2010
- HT: 2 IAF officers arrested for accepting Rs 50,000 bribe: May 27, 2010
- DNA: CBI prepares to close the tap on petrol adulteration in Mumbai: May 25, 2010
- HT: Officials’ salary: Rs 40,000. Assets: Crores: May 24, 2010
- IE: Most corruption complaints against babus from BPL families: May 24, 2010
- DNA: Mumbai’s clean-up marshals caught trying to clean out coaching class owner: May 22, 2010
- HT: ACB questions civic engineer in corruption case: May 22, 2010
- IE: Postmaster in Navsari held for taking bribe from NREGS worker: May 21 2010
- HT: CBI raids six petrol pumps: May 20, 2010
- HT: Arrested engineer sacked from building committees: May 20, 2010
- DNA: Provident fund inspector caught accepting bribe of Rs1 lakh: May 18, 2010
- DNA: AP cop found in possession of Rs 90-lakh assets: May 17, 2010
- DNA: Rs30 lakh bribe sought for okaying 70m-plus tower in Mumbai: May 18, 2010
- IE: Case against corrupt government officials: ACB seeks citizens’ help: May 13, 2010
- HT: Airhostess in assets case row: May 11, 2010
- IE: Consumer forum president acquitted of graft charges: May 12, 2010
- TOI: Rs 1.6 cr, gold found in PWD engineer’s house: May 06, 2010
- DNA: No tainted officer can ever join CBI: May 3, 2010
- Deputy secretary under ACB scanner: April 24, 2010
- MM: Asst director of Haffkine comes under ACB scanner: April 12, 2010
- DNA: Govt officer takes bribe, arrested: April 23, 2010
- TOI: Talathi caught taking bribe: April 21, 2010
- Arrested Income Tax officer have Property in Malaysia and Two Crore Rupees in foreign Bank Accounts -April 20, 2010
- TOI: Sr I-T officer’s house searched: April 20, 2010
- DNA: IT commissioner, husband nabbed for accepting bribe worth Rs1.5 crore: April 18, 2010
- DNA: Clerk held by ACB for accepting bribe: April 7, 2010
- TOI: ACB traps two while taking bribe: April 06, 2010
- DNA: Purchase of medicines to be made transparent: April 3, 2010
- TOI: Sanitary inspector nabbed for taking bribe: March 31, 2010
- ENT medical officer of GMCH in ACB net: March 28, 2010
- ACB arrests two govt employees for taking bribe: March 27, 2010
- DNA: BSNL officer caught accepting Rs 8,000 bribe in Maharashtra: March 26, 2010
- TOI: 10 prison officials involved in 2005 recruitment scam arrested: March 26, 2010
- IE: Two block officers, policeman held for taking bribes: March 24, 2010
- Mumbai: I-T Officer Arrested for Demanding Bribe: March 23, 2010
- TOI: Three, including sanitary inspector, caught taking bribe: March 17, 2010
- IE: In 5 years, 41 cops booked in graft cases: March 15, 2010
- MM: Builder kidnapped for filing case against corrupt cop: March 09, 2010
- MM: KDMC official was nabbed by Dombivli cops for evading excise on imported liquor: March 09, 2010
- TOI: Tainted PWD officer has Rs 2-cr assets: 08 March, 2010
- Chief Engineer found with assets worth Rs 4 cr: 07 March, 2010
- 271 corruption cases registered since 2008 in Himachal: March 05, 2010
- IE: CBI anti-corruption bureau shifts office, yet again: March 06, 2010
- Mid-Day: Former commissioner Hasan Gafoor appointed Maha DGP (Anti-Corruption Bureau): Feb 26, 2010
- TOI: BMC inspector in ACB net for accepting bribe: March 03, 2010
- IE: Duty evasion scam: Two Customs officers arrested: March 03, 2010
- DNA: Ten officials involved in customs duty evasion scam: CBI: 27 February, 2010
- DNA: Top Maharashtra & Goa postal official in Rs2 crore bribery case: 26 February, 2010
- Asst sub-inspector caught taking bribe -The Times of India – 23 Feb, 2010………TNN
- Civic employee, cop held on graft charges -Indian Express 23 Feb, 2010…………….
- PAN card holders play conspirators in I-T fraud -22 February, 2010 ………..Somendra Sharma
- Panchayat secretary caught taking bribe -Express Buzz – 19 Feb 2010…………………
- Two-day police remand for accused -The Times of India – Feb 19, 2010…………..TNN
- Policemen arrested in connection with missing cars -Jamaicas Most Wanted – February 17, 2010………….
- Ex-govt officer gets three months’ jail -Top News.in 18 feb 2010………Sarthak Gupta
- TOI: Anti-Corruption Bureau goes hi-tech: January 12, 2010
- Deccan Chronicle: ACB catches Cop red-handed while taking bribe: January 15, 2010
- TOI: Govt assures refund in a month to complainants in graft cases: January 16, 2010
- TOI: ACB arrests Botad DSP in disproportionate assets case: January 12, 2010
- DNA: Now, CBI will pool in NGOs, whistleblowers in Maharashtra: January 09, 2010
- CBI Mumbai organised a record 30 trap cases in 2009: January 05, 2010
- TOI: Inspector gets two arrested for offering bribe: July 03, 2009
- IE: Arrested deputy civic chief has assets worth Rs 80 lakh: June 27, 2009
- DNA: Parties are the most corrupt, say Indians: June 04, 2009
- MM: Trucker drives corrupt cops into ACB trap: June 03, 2009
- TOI: BMC official in ACB net for taking bribe from sweepers: March 23, 2009
- DNA: Three public servants in ACB net for taking bribes: March 16, 2009
- DNA: Two water dept officials in ACB net for accepting bribe: January 08, 2009
- DNA: Expose corrupt officials and earn up to Rs2 lakh: November 25, 2008
- DNA: New ACB courts will put long-pending FSI cases on fast track: November 24, 2008
- IE: Radio channel, ACB come together to observe Vigilance Awareness Week: November 05, 08
- TOI: ACB catches sub-inspector taking bribe of Rs 20,000: October 20, 08
- TOI: Two MHADA officials land in ACB net for accepting Rs 10,000 bribe: October 08, 2008
- DNA: Senior education officer comes under ACB scanner: September 18, 2008
- TOI: Patil cracks whip on corrupt babus: Septemver 18, 2008
- DNA: ACB cannot check graft for lack of funds: August 29, 2008
- MM: ACB arrests EPF commissioner for demanding Rs 3 lakh bribe: August 23, 2008
- TOI: ACB probe finds Rs 3.18 cr tainted money on babus: July 17, 2008
- DNA: ACB catches cops on the wrong foot: July 14, 2008
- TOI: CR official seeks mobile as bribe, held: May 14, 2008
- TOI: Why does corrupt India grow fast?: April 13, 2008
- TOI: ACB books 5 for graft: April 02, 2008
- IE: Doctor gets 3 years in jail for accepting bribe – 26th Nov. 2007
- TOI: ACB spreads the message using sms text – 21 Nov 2007
- TOI : State speeds up prosecution of tainted staff : Nov 15,2007
- TOI : ACB to return trap money immediately : Nov 14,2007
- TOI : Police dept is most corrupt in city : Nov 14,2007
- TOI : When bribes take the form of a ‘gift’ : Nov 8,2007
- TOI : Rs 13k bribe lands Vasai tehsildar in ACB custody : Nov 5,2007
- TOI : Inspector gets 3 years’ jail for bribe : Oct 10,2007
- DNA : Teen brings corrupt teacher to book : Sept 22, 2007 -19-yr-old boy approached acb after coming to know of it from a poster
- DNA : Special ACB court to hear graft charge against cops : Sept 22, 2007 -Shuklas complained to ACB that the 2 police officers sought graft to settle the extortion complaint
- TOI : Cop caught taking bribe : Sept 9, 2007 -Sub-inspector was caught red handed by the ACB while accepting a bribe of Rs 3,500
- Wikipedia: Internal and external problems of the ACB: Dec 2, 2006 -Appointments are adhoc and generally inconvenient officers are shunted here
- DNA: Revenue retains ‘most corrupt’ title: December 10, 2006 -The department had also topped the list in 2005
- TOI: Patil calls for iron hand in fight against corruption: Nov 9, 2006 -Patil inaugurates State Anti Corruption Bureau’s website
- IE: ACB to track babus’ assets with the click of a mouse: Nov 28, 2006 -Sleuths of the ACB are gearing up to use the cyber world to trace disproportionate assets
- DNA: ACB caught between complaints and red tape: Nov 14, 2006 -ACB sits on a large number of cases as it does not have the ‘power’ to investigate
- Afternoon: ACB to get more powerful: Nov 8, 2006 – With the new law, the ACB will have an upper hand in dealing with Class I gazette officials
- TOI : Navi Mumbai Corporation clerk lands in ACB net : Aug 20, 2007 -Anti Corruption Bureau sleuths trap NMC clerk accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000
- DNA : ACB unearths photo pass scam : Aug 10, 2007 -MHADA Officer arrested
- TOI : 2 Officials of CIDCO Held for Taking Bribe : Jun 8, 2007 -Officers were demanding a bribe of Rs 75,000 from a developer to clear his property related files.
- DNA : Police Sub-Inspector Held for Demanding Bribe : 28/4/07 -Sapale is accused of embezzeling Rs6 lakh worth of foreign exchange.
- IE : ACB Nears Last Years’ Total Corruption Cases in Just 4 Months This Year : May 1, 2007 -Till April 30, a total of 30 cases has already been registered with ACB.
- DNA : Mumbaikars Prefer Bribing to Filing Complaints: Reports Survey : May 2, 2007 -Over 50% of the citizens do not know that Anti-Corruption Bureau exists.
- TOI : Cops Arrested For Demanding Bribes : Apr 28, 2007 -They were caught demanding bribes from a waiter and a businessman respectively.
- IE : ACB Nabs Police Officer While Accepting Bribe of Rs 20,000 : Apr 28, 2007 -He was caught accepting the amount from one Anil Saple who is an accused in a cheating case.
- CN : City-based Property Developers Arrested : Apr 25, 2007 -Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar also booked for threatening complainant.
- Mumbai Mirror : ACB Wants You to Give Info on Foreign Trips by Govt Officials: Apr 30, 2007 -The Purpose is to net the corrupt government officials.
- DNA : HC Stays ACB From Sealing Karnik’s Bank Accounts : Apr 18, 2007 -Karnik had moved the HC challenging ACB investigating officer.
- IE : CD Adds New Twist to ACB Probe Into Builder-Police Nexus : Apr 20, 2007 -CD contains video where an estate agent uses the name of a senior police inspector to demnd money.
- IE : Two Builders Move Sessions Court Seeking Anticipatory Bail : Apr 24, 2007 -Builders say that senior Crime Branch officers allegedly threatened to slap a case on them.
- WP : ACB Van Schedule – The ABC of Corruption : Apr 21, 2007 -ACB will station a van outside government offices in suburbs, and spread awareness among people.
- TOI : BMC Engineer Arrested for Taking Bribe : Mar 31, 2007 -ACB arrested the engineer while accepting bribe of Rs. 20,000
- TOI : Public Works Department (PWD) Man Gets 7 yrs For Graft : Apr 3, 2007 -On December 7, 2001, Patil told Bindra to give him Rs 15,000.
- TOI : Broker Held for Taking Bribe for Cops : Apr 13, 2007 -ACB is now making inquiries to find out whether Shah was demanding money on behalf of police officer
- TOI : Brakes Applied on Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) Projects : Apr 8, 2007 -About 80-odd SRA cases are being probed by the ACB.
- IE : 80 percent of Corruption Cases Ended in Acquittals Last 2 yrs : Apr 17, 2007 -All the cases are filed by ACB and involve government employees trapped while accepting bribes.
- TOI : Four BMC Employees in ACB Net : Apr 8, 2007 -The employees were allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 from a stall owner.
- DNA : Sub-inspector of Pydhonie police gets Two-year Rigorous Imprisonment : Apr 3, 2007 -ACB caught him red-handed while accpeting a bribe of Rs25,000 from Ambore in a restaurant at Worli.
- DNA : ACB to Probe 247 Complaints of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) : Apr 11, 2007 -The high court had asked the ACB to complete its investigations and file a report in six months.
- DNA : Application Filed Against Municipal Commissioner at ACB : Apr. 9, 2007 -The point of contention here is a demolition/ eviction action carried out by the BMC.
- DNA : ACB Needs Help to Check SRA Scam : Mar 30, 2007 -ACB has sent a proposal to the Director General of Police requesting necessary assistance.
- IE : Four BMC ‘Nuisance Detectors’ Trapped, Arrested for Taking a Bribe : Apr 8, 2007 -The crime was to extort money from a vendor at Carter Road in Bandra.
- DNA : ACB Will Probe all 247 Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) Complaints : Mar 29, 2007 -ACB has been asked to complete its investigations and file a report in six months’ time.
- TOI : Pawan Mehra Nails Corrupt Officials : Mar 30, 2007 -Mehra has had a civic official arrested for demanding a bribe.
- TOI : Public Works Department (PWD) Man Gets 7 yrs for Graft : Apr 3, 2007 -Patil had demanded money to issue a reinstatement letter.
- TOI : 3 More Cops Held for Taking Bribe : Feb 15, 2007 -The growing incidence of such cases is being viewed with alarm by senior police officers.
- IE : CID to Probe Role of ACB, Petrol Mafia in Police Torture Case : Mar 25, 2007 -CID will now have to investigate if there was any conspiracy hatched by ACB officials.
- DNA : ACB Arrests Tout for Extortion : Mar 25, 2007 -Shaikh who runs hand carts was arrested after complaint was filed on trying to extort a garage owner
- IE : Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) Irregularities: ‘Probe not moving’ : Mar 28, 2007 -Activist and petitioner Shailesh Gandhi has moved a fresh application.
- IE : ACB Investigates How Telgi Scam Accused Top Cop for treatment at Nanavati : Mar 23, 2007 -The ACB is planning to seek an explanation from Wagal on his income sources.
- DNA : ACB Arrests ‘Crorepati’ Police Inspector : Mar 17, 2007 -Chavan was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 and a Black Label whisky bottle.
- IE : ACB Catches Sr Inspector Taking Bribe, Later Finds He is a Crorepati : Mar 17, 2007 -ACB officials searched various locations in the city and Pune and recovered assets worth Rs. 1 crore
- IE : Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Claims Leave Police & ACB Cribbing : Mar 14, 2007 -Police officials have been complaining to their seniors about the inconvenience.
- News Kerala : ACB Arrests Mah Jeevan Pradhikaran Secretary on Graft Charges : -Madhav Domkondwar was arrested while accepting the bribe at his official flat.
- DNA : BMC officer caught red handed accepting bribe : Dec 22, 2006 -Officer was trapped by ACB while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a Fashion Street shopkeeper.
- BD : Rise In Tip-Offs To ACB Vote Of Confidence : Feb 1, 2007 -Information received through SMS/e-mail also increased from 12 in 2005 to 16 in 2006.
- IE : ACB Nabs Sales Tax Officer & Railway Man : Feb 14, 2007 -Sales tax officer, was nabbed by the ACB while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000.
- DNA : Bhiwandi Civic Official Held : Feb 14, 2007 -In raids on Pawar’s office, officials seized cash Rs 73,000 and a costly Nokia cellphone.
- IE : Suspended Police Inspector Lied to Senior, Say Cops : Feb 24, 2007 -S Pujari allegedly said that AN Roy had no problem of his going to Delhi.
- IE : 241 Government Servants Arrested by the ACB in 2006 : Feb 23, 2007 -Class III govt staff tops corruption chart.
- IE : SRA fraud: HC Tells Govt to Select Top 10 Complaints for Probe by Panel : Feb 22, 2007 -regarding fraud in Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) schemes.
- IE : Former Cop Convicted for Accepting Bribe : Feb 27, 2007 -Kulkarni demanded Rs 1 lakh from Sorthiya for not arresting him in the case.
- DNA : Resident Alleges Being Harassed by Woman Cop : Feb 28, 2007 -During their repeated visits to the police station, D’Souza was asked to cough up a bribe.
- GN : Complaints Increase Over Slum Scheme : Feb 28, 2007 -Flaw in the scheme relates to how builders obtain the consent of slum dwellers.
- IE : It rained Rs 9 lakh in Kothrud society when ACB men knocked at top official’s door :Mar 1, 2007 -The Pune police have so far recovered Rs 1.40 crore.
- F2F : Top khadi Board official held for accepting bribe : Mar 2, 2007 -He was the Deputy CEO of Maharashtra Rajya Khadi Gramodyog Mandal (MRKGM).
- DNA : Ministers, Opposition Leaders Involved in Slum Scam : says Activist Medha Patkar : Mar 5, 2007 -90 complaints have been received by ACB on discrepancies in slum rehabilitation.
- IE : ACB Finds Proof of Yadav’s Benami Investments : Mar 4, 2007 -Matter was of involvement in the multi-crore Kothrud TDR scam a few days ago.
- TOI : Top Cop Gets 3 Years for Taking Bribe : Feb 27, 2007 -ACB sleuths caught Kulkarni accepting the money.
- TOI : BMC officer’s house raided : Feb 9, 2007 -Bhanusali was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000 from a garment factory owner.
- DNA : Slum Redevelopment Authority projects: HC asks activist to file affidavit : Feb 8, 2007 -ACB realised that its small staff could not handle the large volume of SRA-related complaints.
- TOI : ACB raids former bureaucrat Govind Swarup’s home : Feb 4, 2007 -Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant against him.
- TOI : Two Businessmen, Cop, Arrested for Taking Bribe : Jan 21, 2007 -The businessmen were trying to bribe a police officer and an ACP encouraged it.
- TOI : SNDT University Accountant Held For Bribe : Jan 20, 2007 -The accountant, Suresh Nair (42), will be produced before the special anti-corruption court
- TOI : DCP’s assistant held for accepting bribe : Jan 25, 2007 -The accused has been identified as Santosh Kotwal.
- TOI : ACB sleuths net I-T officer : Dec 15, 2006 -Agency found Rs 24 lakh cash in the officer’s Powai house
- DNA : Tapped talk is ACB evidence in former director general of police case : Jan 30, 2007 -Investigators are awaiting the view the court takes on the phone tapped evidence.
- Wikipedia: Internal and external problems of the ACB: Dec 2, 2006 -Appointments are adhoc and generally inconvenient officers are shunted here
- IE: ACB to track babus’ assets with the click of a mouse: Nov 28, 2006 -Sleuths of the ACB are gearing up to use the cyber world to trace disproportionate assets
- DNA: ACB caught between complaints and red tape: Nov 14, 2006 -ACB sits on a large number of cases as it does not have the ‘power’ to investigate
- Afternoon: ACB to get more powerful: Nov 8, 2006 -With the new law, the ACB will have an upper hand in dealing with Class I gazette officials
TI : Transparency International
- MM: India rank in graft index up 18 spots : Nov 7, 2006 -Rating done by Berlin-based Transparency International.
- BBC News: China and India ‘top bribe list’ : Oct 4, 2006 -Firms from China and India are most willing to pay bribes abroad to do business.

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