Hyderabad: A team from the Anti Corruption Bureau led by an officer of the rank of deputy inspector-general of police is visiting the Central Bureau of Investigation headquarters in Delhi to study the methods of the premier investigating agency.
ACB director-general A.K. Khan said that the team will study the gadgets and equipment used by the CBI’s anti corruption wing as well as their method of keeping tabs on corrupt officials.
The ACB will be training the chief vigilance and vigilance officials of various state government departments to spot corrupt practices within the departments.
Khan explained that this will ensure that there is “strict vigil at the first level and we will be stepping in wherever needed.”
The ACB has been using voice recorders and video spy cameras to nab corrupt public servants. This year the ACB has caught a record 300 corrupt officials accepting bribes. Khan said more surprise checks will be conducted across the state.
He said that in the case of personnel booked for corruption for the second time, as in the case of raids at the RTA checkposts recently, the supervisory officers will also be booked.
The ACB had recently conducted searches in seven districts and unaccounted cash of more than Rs 10 lakh was recovered from these places.
The RTA, forest, excise, commercial taxes and other department officials at check-posts have been found giving free passage to inter-state transport of goods without checking if they have valid commercial tax payment receipts.
