Archive · 3 Jan 2026
Anti-Corruption Bureaus Act in 2025
In 2025, anti-corruption bureaus in Kerala, Maharashtra, and Telangana worked hard to stop bribery.
In Kerala, they caught 76 people taking bribes, with the most cases in the revenue department.
They also started new ways for people to report corruption, like a 24-hour phone line.
In Maharashtra, a police officer was booked for demanding a ₹50,000 bribe, and an industry inspector was arrested for taking ₹22,000.
In Telangana, a sub-inspector was caught taking a ₹20,000 bribe.
These bureaus are very serious about stopping corruption and want people to help by reporting any bad behavior they see.
Kerala's VACB registered 201 corruption cases in 2025, including 57 trap cases with 76 arrests.
Maharashtra's ACB booked a Palghar police officer for demanding a ₹50,000 bribe and arrested an industry inspector in Sindhudurg for accepting a ₹22,000 bribe.
Telangana's ACB caught a sub-inspector in Sangareddy for demanding a ₹30,000 bribe and accepting ₹20,000.
The revenue department in Kerala faced the most trap cases (20), followed by local self-government (12) and police (6).
Systemic reforms included implementing internal vigilance mechanisms, revising vigilance manuals, and introducing 24-hour complaint facilities in Kerala.
- Who
- Anti-Corruption Bureaus in Kerala, Maharashtra, and Telangana
- What
- Record number of corruption cases and arrests in 2025
- When
- Throughout 2025, with reports released in early 2026
- Where
- Across various departments and zones in Kerala, Maharashtra, and Telangana, India
- Why
- To intensify anti-graft action and implement systemic reforms to prevent corruption
- Kerala's Total corruption cases registered
- 201
- Kerala's Trap cases
- 57
- Kerala's Persons arrested
- 76
- Kerala's Total bribe money seized
- Rs 14,92,750
- Kerala's Departments with most trap cases
- Revenue (20), Local Self-Government (12), Police (6)
- Kerala's Zones with most trap cases
- Central (28), Northern (15), Eastern (9), Southern (5)
- Kerala's New initiatives
- 24-hour toll-free and WhatsApp complaint facilities
- Kerala's Systemic reforms
- Internal vigilance mechanism and revised Vigilance Manual
- Maharashtra's Palghar police officer booked
- Assistant Police Inspector Sahebrao Shivaji Kachre
- Maharashtra's Bribe amount demanded
- ₹50,000
- Maharashtra's Sindhudurg industry inspector arrested
- Pankaj Vitthal Shelke
- Maharashtra's Bribe amount accepted
- ₹22,000
- Telangana's Sub-Inspector caught
- M. Ramesh
- Telangana's Bribe amount demanded
- ₹30,000
- Telangana's Bribe amount accepted
- ₹20,000
Sources
Kerala Vigilance registers 201 corruption cases, 76 caught red-handed in 2025
Sub-Inspector Caught Accepting ₹20,000 Bribe In Sangareddy
Maharashtra Corruption Crackdown: Palghar Cop Booked For ₹50,000 Bribe Demand, Industry Inspector Arrested In Sindhudurg
