91 graft cases against government officials

September 30th, 2009 Kenya's embattled anti-corruption chief resignsNAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's anti-corruption chief resigned Wednesday following weeks of public protest and a parliamentary vote against his reappointment. Aaron Ringera said he and a deputy director stepped down because their reappointment by President Mwai Kibaki in August had "raised a national storm." "We have given the fight against corruption our all, we could not have done better," Ringera said.

September 16th, 2009 RANCHI - The vigilance department of Jharkhand will seek help from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the assets of a former chief minister as well as other ex-ministers. The vigilance department has submitted a detailed status report of progress made in investigating the assets of former ministers to the Jharkhand High Court.

August 31st, 2009 RANCHI - With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducting raids on the houses of one more Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official in Jharkhand Monday for alleged graft, senior bureaucrats say the crackdown on corruption is thanks to president's rule in the state. Officials say the politician-bureaucrat nexus is so deep that no elected government has the will to take on the corrupt.

August 21st, 2009 RANCHI - Jailed former Jharkhand minister Enos Ekka was questioned by vigilance sleuths for nearly four hours in the graft cases against him, but he failed to give "satisfactory" answers, vigilance department sources said. Ekka was interrogated after he was taken on remand following the vigilance court's permission.

August 12th, 2009 RANCHI - Separate petitions for corruption have been filed against three former Jharkhand chief ministers in the state high court. The graft charges may affect their prospects in the upcoming assembly election which is likely to take place in October and November.

August 5th, 2009 SHIMLA - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh Wednesday demanded that Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh resign over the corruption charges filed against him. "We are demanding the resignation of Virbhadra Singh as his name figures in corruption deals," BJP spokesperson and legislator Randhir Sharma told reporters here.

August 3rd, 2009 RANCHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday filed graft cases against senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official who had served as an aide to former Jharkhand governor Syed Sibte Razi. Two cases of disproportionate assets were lodged against Avinash Kumar, officer on special duty (OSD) of Razi, said a CBI official.

July 19th, 2009 RANCHI - Two former ministers in Jharkhand, evading arrest on graft charges and declared proclaimed offenders by the court, continue to enjoy security as police officials are unable to contact the personnel guarding them and order them to return. The vigilance department had written to police headquarters last week, requesting them to withdraw the security of Enos Ekka and Harinarayan Rai, who are both hiding since June 27 when a vigilance court had issued arrest warrants against them.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State in Prime Minister's office, Prithviraj Chavan said in the Rajya Sabha that the government does not intervene in the functioning of the Central Bureau of Investigation once the cases are handed over it. Chavan in a written reply gave out details of total number of cases given to the CBI, which shows an increase in the number of cases given to the investigative agency year after year.

July 2nd, 2009 RANCHI - The vigilance department in Jharkhand Thursday lodged criminal cases against former chief minister and MP Madhu Koda and three former state ministers for amassing wealth beyond their known sources of income. "The FIRs (first information reports) have been lodged against Madhu Koda and three former ministers Bandhu Tirkey, Kamlesh Singh and Bhanu Pratap Sahi under different sections of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) and Prevention of Corruption Act," said V.K.

June 21st, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar and two other senior officials have been asked by an all-party parliamentary committee to explain alleged irregularities in financial transactions. The three, including former deputy speaker Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui and former chief whip Khandaker Delwar Hossain are now senior opposition leaders belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

May 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a major crackdown on corruption among Delhi civic officials, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday recovered assets worth several millions after its teams conducted searches at different places in the capital. Four civic officials are under the CBI scanner for allegedly taking money from people to shield their illegal construction and commercial activities in Delhi residential areas.

May 4th, 2009 Indonesia's anti-corruption chief arrestedJAKARTA, Indonesia — The chief of Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog was arrested as a suspect in a murder investigation, an embarrassing blow to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as he seeks re-election on a "good governance" platform. Antasari Azhar, 56, has overseen a series of high-profile probes into government officials and institutions since taking the helm of the independent Corruption Eradication Commission, better known as the KPK, two years ago.

May 4th, 2009 Indonesia anti-corruption chief arrested in murderJAKARTA, Indonesia — The chief of Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog was arrested Monday and named a suspect in the murder of a prominent state company official, police and his lawyer said. Antasari Azhar, who has overseen a series of high-profile investigations into government officials and institutions, has not been charged and has denied wrongdoing.

February 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested 12 officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on charges of corruption and forgery, an official said Sunday. 'We have arrested 12 officials in the last four days in different cases,' said Additional Commissioner of Police Dilip Kumar.