Punjab Vigilance Bureau Chief Director-cum-DGP Sursh Arora said vigilance bureau arrested six gazetted officers, 32 non-gazetted officers and six private persons red handed in 38 various corruption cases during the last year.
Arora said the Bureau received 3,249 complaints and out of which, 2,120 were transferred to the concerned departments of suspecting officials, 754 to Director General of Police and 167 were being investigated by the Bureau itself.
Giving details in a release issued here, he further said Pb Vigilance received 3,201 written and 48 online complaints which were related to revenue, panchayats, local bodies, health, irrigation, electricity, food and civil supplies departments.
He said the bureau has stepped up its drive against corruption by launching a special portal and a toll free number to enable public to register their complaints.
Vigilance Chief said an online NRI Help desk for NRI community has also been set up to lodge and check the status of a complaint online.
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