category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh During its ongoing drive against corruption, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Haryana has arrested 21 government officers officials while accepting bribe ranging from Rs 3000 to Rs 1.40 lakh during the month of September 2023. The Bureau has also nabbed 3 private individuals taking the number of arrests to 24. In the same period, the Bureau initiated investigations into five cases involving seven gazetted officers, nine non-gazetted employees, and ten private individuals. Sharing information in this regard here today, an official spokesperson said that during the same period, the Bureau conducted four investigations. In two investigations, Bureau has recommended departmental action against 1 gazetted officer and 3 non-gazetted officials alongwith recovery of Rs 6,10,194 from two private persons. In addition to these cases, the Bureau has also initiated an inquiry into officers and employees of the Housing Board Haryana. He said that Assistant Sub Inspector, Pawan Kumar, Narcotics Police Station, Yamunanagar, Exemptee Sub Inspector, Mehboob Ali, and Islam Khan of village Jadoli of Karnal district were caught accepting Rs. 1.40 lakh in bribes. Sub-Legal Director, Perfetti Venmail India Private Limited, New Delhi was caught taking Rs 1 lakh, Satbir Singh, Commercial Assistant, Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Bapoli, Panipat office arrested taking Rs 1 lakh, Sundar, Assistant Sub Inspector, Police Station IMT, Ballabgarh with Rs 50,000, Kirpa Ram, Inspector office of Assistant Registrar Co-operative Societies, Panchkula and Rishi Kumar taking Rs 45,000, Dharmendra Gehlot Assistant of Home Departmnet, Haryana Civil Secretariat and Sandeep of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Colony, Kaithal caught taking bribe of Rs 40,000. He said that similarly, SDC Sukhwinder Singh of Barwala Water Services Sub Division, Accounts Clerk Jagdish and Shravan Kumar of Executive Engineer, Hisar Division were arrested taking Rs 35000 bribe, Halka Patwari Anish Kumar of Bhuna, Fatehabad was arrested with Rs 30,000. (editor dailyworld.in)