Hours after Lok Sabha MP Nishikant Dubey levelled "cash for query" allegations against Mahua Moitra, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Agnimitra Paul on Sunday demanded an investigation into the matter and said that the party wants to know whether the Trinamool Congress MP has taken a bribe.
"Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the Directorate for taking necessary legal action against the public servant. Accordingly, a trap was laid today by a team from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam," Goswami said.
The accused, Dr. Rajendra Narayan Panigrahi, was caught yesterday red-handed while accepting the bribe. The subsequent raids at his premises resulted in the recovery of assets amounting to over one crore. Cash in Indian and foreign currency was seized from him.
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state on Thursday arrested a private person Vijay Kumar for accepting a bribe of Rs 70,000 on behalf of a police sub-inspector Rajwant Singh, posted as incharge Police Post Kanganwal, Ludhiana district.
The sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam on Thursday caught red-handed and arrested a police Sub-Inspector in Karbi Anglong district while accepting a bribe.
Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday nabbed an Inspector named Kewal Krishan, posted at police station Talwara, Hoshiarpur district while accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000.
Hakim, who serves as the minister for urban development and municipal affairs and also holds the position of mayor of Kolkata, while addressing a press conference outside his residence after almost 9 hours of questioning by the CBI, said that he would resign if even one person claims of givi
The controversy erupted when an accusation surfaced that a bribe of approximately 1 lakh rupees had been handed over to the health minister's personal assistant in exchange for the appointment of a Homeo medical officer in Malappuram.
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested the Station House Officer (SHO) of Dharamkot, Moga district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested two Superintendents, an Inspector and a Tax Assistant, GST & Central Excise Division, GST Bhawan, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) for taking a bribe of Rs 25,000.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday raised various questions to agencies on the proof against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia in liquor policy irregularities cases and how they are going to prove money laundering charges against the former Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister.