Archive · 7 Aug 2026
West Bengal restructures Anti-Corruption Branch in corruption crackdown
The West Bengal government wants a cleaner, more honest government.
To help with this, it is making big changes to its special anti-corruption police team.
This team is called the Anti-Corruption Branch, or ACB.
The ACB was created in August 2012.
Its job is to check government workers, local councils, and public companies for cheating or wrongdoing.
The team works from Kolkata, a big city in India.
Recently, three senior police officers joined the ACB from the Intelligence Branch.
Their job is to help investigate complaints about corruption and administrative irregularities.
This is all part of a bigger effort called a "crackdown" on corruption.
The goal is to make sure public money and rules are handled honestly.
The West Bengal government has ordered a major restructuring of the state's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB).
The ACB, created in August 2012, investigates administrative irregularities and corruption involving government employees, local bodies, public sector undertakings, corporations, and societies.
The agency functions from its headquarters in Kolkata.
The overhaul gained momentum in the first week of August with the transfer of three IPS officers from the Intelligence Branch (IB) to the ACB.
The transferred officers are IGP Murli Dhar Sharma, DIG Akash Magharia, and Senior Superintendent Kamanasish Sen.
- Who
- The West Bengal government, the state Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), and three IPS officers—IGP Murli Dhar Sharma, DIG Akash Magharia, and Senior Superintendent Kamanasish Sen—transferred from the Intelligence Branch.
- What
- A major restructuring of the state's Anti-Corruption Branch to intensify the crackdown on public sector corruption.
- When
- The overhaul gained momentum in the first week of August; the ACB was created in August 2012.
- Where
- West Bengal, with the ACB functioning from its Kolkata headquarters.
- Why
- To establish clean governance and intensify the crackdown on corruption in the public sector.
- Agency
- West Bengal Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB)
- Established
- August 2012
- Headquarters
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Mandate
- Investigates administrative irregularities and corruption involving government employees, local bodies, public sector undertakings, corporations, and societies
- Recent action
- Major restructuring ordered; gained momentum in the first week of August
- Officers transferred
- IGP Murli Dhar Sharma, DIG Akash Magharia, Senior Superintendent Kamanasish Sen (from the Intelligence Branch)
- Goal
- Clean governance and an intensified crackdown on public sector corruption