Overview
- In Andhra Pradesh, ACB teams arrested a Cumbum Mandal Agricultural Officer and a Jangareddygudem Drug Inspector in separate traps for alleged ₹20,000 bribes, recovered the tainted amounts and began searches at their premises.
- In Mumbai, a senior inspector and a PSI from Kurar police station were held while accepting ₹1 lakh to 'settle' complaints, with ₹6.34 lakh in cash and multiple phones seized and the duo remanded to ACB custody until February 23.
- In Maharashtra’s Beed district, a tehsildar was detained over a ₹50,000 demand for a solvency certificate after multiple failed trap attempts, with phones seized and a case being processed under anti‑corruption provisions.
- In Hyderabad, a superintendent in the School Education office and a DEO staffer were caught taking ₹70,000 linked to a CBSE NOC application, the bribe was recovered and the investigation is ongoing.
- At Dundigal Municipal Commissioner’s office, a surprise check flagged WhatsApp evidence of bribery, unauthorised payments routed to a supervisor’s husband’s firm and widespread record and approval irregularities, with bank verifications pending and a report to be sent to the government.