Archive · 27 Sep 2026
Maharashtra ACB Reports 543 Corruption Trap Cases Through September
Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau tracks cases where people are allegedly caught seeking bribes.
From January to September, it registered 543 such cases.
A total of 775 people were booked, including 133 private citizens.
Revenue and Land Records officials were involved in the largest number of cases.
Police officials came next, followed by Panchayat Samiti officials.
The alleged bribes added up to Rs 3.08 crore.
Police-related cases involved the largest total amount of alleged bribe money.
Nashik had the most cases among the ACB’s ranges.
The bureau also registered seven cases involving alleged assets that did not match officials’ known income.
The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau registered 543 trap cases from January through September.
A total of 775 people, including 133 private individuals, were booked in the cases.
Revenue and Land Records officials faced the most cases, followed by Police and Panchayat Samiti officials.
The cases involved a total of Rs 3.08 crore in alleged bribes, with Police cases involving the highest amount.
Nashik recorded the most cases at 113, while the ACB also registered seven disproportionate-assets cases involving Rs 7.40 crore.
- Who
- The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau and people booked in the cases, including government officials and private individuals.
- What
- The bureau registered 543 corruption trap cases and seven disproportionate-assets cases.
- When
- From January through September this year.
- Where
- Across Maharashtra, with the highest number of trap cases recorded in the Nashik range.
- Why
- The cases concerned alleged demands or acceptance of bribes and alleged disproportionate assets.
- Trap cases registered
- 543 from January through September
- People booked
- 775, including 133 private persons
- Total alleged bribe amount
- Rs 3.08 crore
- Department with most cases
- Revenue and Land Records, with 133 cases
- Highest alleged bribe amount by department
- Police, with Rs 70.29 lakh
- Range with most cases
- Nashik, with 113 cases
- Disproportionate-assets cases
- Seven cases involving Rs 7.40 crore