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Cases registered against Haryana IAS, IPS officers

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has registered cases against an IAS officer, an IPS officer, ten officers of the Haryana Police Service and the Haryana Civil Service, Director-General of the Bureau S.C. Sinha told the media here on Wednesday.

He stated that the Bureau would impart training to its officials in collaboration with the CBI Academy so that they can “investigate” cases of corruption and white collar crimes. This would not only eradicate corruption but also build a clean image of the Government.

Replying to a question, he admitted that corruption in government offices was highly institutionalised and people tended to shield each other. He said the conviction rate was around 30 per cent which was very low. Many times information about “raids” was “leaked” as it was mandatory to take permission from the department head, he said.

He said the Bureau conducted 184 raids in 2008 and registered 222 criminal cases and caught 39 gazetted officers, 162 non-gazetted officers and eight others red-handed while accepting bribe. A number of officers and others had also been convicted in 29 cases by various courts and 796 cases were pending for trial during the same period, he added.

He said that in major raids conducted during 2008, 16 officers or officials and other persons were caught while taking bribes ranging from Rs.10,000 to 60,000.

Mr. Sinha said that the highest number of 435 source reports were registered during 2008 as compared to 147 in 2007 and 138 in 2006.

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