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CBI
registered 1207 cases of corruption in 1999 |
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(CBI) registered
1207 cases against public servants in 1999, a year in which the agency
intensified its anti-corruption drive.
Due to increasing pressure from the courts, the CBI could only dispose of
579 cases from trial and 703 from departmental action. A total of 1684
cases were pending investigation, an official release said today.
During the intensified anti-corruption drive, 261 surprise checks were
conducted at the cutting edge level where the general public faces
harassment.
At Sahar Airport in Mumbai, a cash amount of Rs 2.94 million was found
stashed away in the residence of one official and Rs 3.4 million in the
house of another.
Those against whom cases were registered included a Deputy Director
General of Doordarshan in Delhi who had assets to the tune of Rs 17
million, a Delhi Police official, a Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax and
an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in Chennai.
The bureau recovered Rs 27.9 million of the Bihar Animal Husbandry Scam
from one of the accused during the year.
The CBI set up a Cyber Crime Investigation Cell during the year to
investigate offences involving computer and high tech crime.
Courtesy UNI |
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