Thursday, December 22, 2011

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions21-December, 2011 16:32 IST

CBI Registered 1832 Corruption Cases against Central Govt. Officers in the Last Four Years

CBI has registered 1832 cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 during the last 4 years i.e. 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 (upto 30.11.2011). The year-wise details of these cases are as under:

Sl. No.

Year

No. of PC Act cases registered against employees of Central Govt.

No. of officers of Central Govt. named in FIR of cases mentioned at Sl. No. 3.

1

2007

375

628

2

2008

404

606

3

2009

412

730

4

2010

336

524

5

2011 (up to 30.11.2011)

305

495

TOTAL

1832

2983

CBI conducts searches at various places, from time to time, during investigation in accordance with law, depending on requirement of the cases. The number of raids/searches and properties, cash etc. seized/recovered during searches are a part of individual case records and such data is not maintained centrally.

This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office, Shri V. Narayanasamy in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.