Mumbai: At least 173 officials booked in corruption cases are yet to be placed under suspension, statistics from the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) show.
The state police itself is among the top four departments with the highest number of corruption cases against its officials. The statistics also reveal that the maximum number of officials who have not been suspended are from the Mumbai range.
According to the statistics, till December last year, there were 173 officials from 21 government departments who were yet to be placed under suspension. Out of these, 30 were Class I officers, 28 Class II and 107 Class III. The data show that education / sports (40), municipal corporations (36), police / jails / home guards (25), and rural development and revenue / registration / land records (17 each) were among the top departments for not having suspended officials allegedly involved in corruption charges.
The statistics reveal that most officials not placed under suspension were from Mumbai (47), Thane (38), Aurangabad (21), Pune (18), Nashik (15), Nagpur (12), Amravati (12) and Nanded (10). Some of these cases go back to 2012. The ACB statistics reveal that 22 government officials from various departments who have been booked in corruption cases are yet to be terminated. Last year, the ACB had registered 721 corruption-related cases, including 683 entrapments and 31 disproportionate assets cases.
Statement Of Former Director General Of ACB, Pravin Dixit
“Those officials who have been convicted should be given notices and should be terminated immediately from government service. Every month the chief secretary is supposed to take a review meeting with all department heads and ask them why action is not taken,” former director general of ACB, Pravin Dixit, said.
“Once we trap an official involved in corruption, we share details about the official trapped, details of the case with the department concerned and it is then up to the department to take necessary action thereon,” an ACB official said on condition of anonymity
