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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) volition grow its web of informants to place corrupt unit and officers successful each department, its Director-General Atul Singh has said..
In 2026, the ACB volition absorption connected strengthening the department, processing a web of informants and ensuring speedy trials of cases, helium said portion sharing the show study of the ACB with the media connected Friday.
The probe officers registered 115 cases, including 69 traps, 8 disproportionate plus cases, 7 transgression misconduct cases, 19 regular enquiries and 12 astonishment checks successful 2025, helium said.
Public are requested to alert ACB officers astir corruption by dialling the toll-free fig 1064 oregon 9440440057, nonstop emails astatine acb@ap.gov.in, the ACB DG said.
“We person booked 19 trap cases pertaining to onshore revenue, 5 cases Municipal Administration and Urban Development, 4 each successful Home and Finance Departments, 3 connected survey settlements and onshore records and the remaining trap cases successful different departments,” the DG said.
Disproportionate plus cases were registered against officers moving successful energy, health, aesculapian and household welfare, labour, employment, grooming and factories, municipal administration, panchayat raj, gross and tribal payment departments.
Referring to large trap cases successful 2025, helium said the ACB officers trapped Tribal Welfare Engineer-in-Chief, S. Srinivas Rao, portion allegedly taking ₹25 lakh arsenic bribe, Kalyandurg in-charge Sub-Registrar A. Narayana Swamy for allegedly taking ₹5 lakh, Palasa Legal Metrology Inspector T. Sridhar for taking ₹1.78 lakh arsenic bribe, Repalle Forest Range Officer V.V. Ramana Rao portion accepting ₹1.25 lakh and Kakinada territory Registrar K. Ananda Rao, portion allegedly taking ₹1 lakh arsenic bribe.
“After completing the trial, the ACB Special Courts convicted 36 accused (46% conviction) and six cases were abated (accused expired),” Mr. Atul Singh said.
The ACB Special Courts awarded 7 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) each to Anantapur A.P. Cooperative Housing Societies Federation Limited Registrar R. Subbaiah and Kurnool Mahila Police Sub-Inspector B. Peddaiah, and 3 years RI to Kurnool Regional Training Centre, Principal, D. Meenakshee Madhav, the DGP said.
“The ACB is readying to allot areas to Range Officers to place the corrupt officers successful each section crossed the State. We person an interior vigilance strategy successful ACB to forestall leakages of accusation connected raids and traps,” Mr. Atul Singh explained.
Director R. Jayalakshmi, Joint Directors E.G. Ashok Kumar, A. Suresh Babu, Rajashekar Rao, E. Supraja and Rajini and Chief Legal Advisor P.V. Rambabu and different officers were present.
