bribery probe

A Delhi Police Crime Branch inspector and a middleman were arrested by the CBI for allegedly demanding a Rs 3 crore bribe from a businessman to influence a fake drug manufacturing case probe. The duo was caught during a trap operation with Rs 24.70 lakh cash recovered. The role of a senior DGCA regional director is also under scrutiny.

A Delhi Police head constable was apprehended accepting a Rs 50,000 bribe, while in a separate case, a Colonel and two defence suppliers are in CBI custody for an alleged Rs 50 lakh bribery scheme involving defence procurement. Investigations are ongoing to uncover the full conspiracy and other involved parties.

Stocks of several Adani Group firms, including Adani Enterprises, Adani Green, Adani Power, Adani Ports, Adani Energy and Adani Total Gas, rose by as much as 3.5% after the case was effectively closed the securities and wire alleged fraud case in New York.

With IndiGo’s operational collapse in December, Air India’s fatal crash in Ahmedabad and SpiceJet’s engineering and salary-payment issues, US aviation regulator FAA has once again become concerned about oversight standards in Indian aviation.

The CBI has arrested a senior DGCA official and a private company representative for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakhs. The official, a deputy director general, was accused of demanding undue advantage for issuing approvals. Searches at four locations led to the seizure of Rs 37 lakhs in cash, gold, silver coins, and digital devices.

A statewide vigilance probe in Kerala has uncovered a bribery nexus involving 14 officials who allegedly accepted Rs 4.69 lakh through UPI transactions from soil contractors. "Operation Earth Guard" inspections revealed widespread illegal soil mining and misuse of permits, leading to significant revenue loss for the government.

A Delhi court has asked the Enforcement Directorate to respond to a plea by actor Jacqueline Fernandez to become a witness in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case. Fernandez is accused of receiving gifts worth up to Rs 7 crore from alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, a charge she denies.

Bar hotel owner Biju Ramesh alleged on Monday that the bar bribery probe was scuttled after KC (M) leader (late) K M Mani visited chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his residence.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe an NRI’s bribery allegation against an officer of the rank of superintendent of police (SP) of Phagwara.

A six-member inquiry committee was formed by the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) on Tuesday to investigate the alleged bribery scandal — reminiscent of the 2008 ‘cash-for-votes’ scandal in Parliament — that had rocked the council assembly on October 24. The panel, comprising five sitting councillors along with a municipal corporation official, was constituted by Ghaziabad mayor Ashu Verma.

The CBI has arrested a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) deputy commissioner and an administrative officer for allegedly demanding a Rs 4 lakh bribe. The officials were accused of seeking the bribe from two suspended MCD staffers to rule in their favor in a departmental inquiry. The administrative officer was apprehended red-handed while accepting the payment.