A total of 1,291 cases were registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Rajasthan in last three years, state Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria said today.
Out of the 1,291 cases, 803 cases were of bribery, 165 cases were of disproportionate assets and 423 cases were registered against officials misusing their official positions, he said in the state Assembly here.
The minister was responding to Independent MLA from Fatehpur, Nandkishore Maharia, who had called for an attention motion on the ACB allegedly not registering FIRs against corrupt officials within the stipulated time period.
Maharia alleged, during the Zero Hour, that despite clear directives by the Supreme Court, the body had failed to register FIRs and accused it of "sheltering corrupt officials."
However, the Home minister stated that Rajasthan ranked second in the number of cases registered against corrupt officials in the country, as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
He said non-cognisable offences (cases wherein a police officer has no authority to arrest without warrant) are forwarded to respective departments, and that the FIRs are registered in cases of serious offences.
Meanwhile, citing the 2008 Supreme Court order in 'Lalita Kumari v/s state of UP' case, Maharia said ACB cannot forward cases to departments of the corrupt officials and that the body has to register FIRs within prescribed time limit.
He alleged that 16,278 corruption cases had surfaced from 2014 to 2016, but the ACB registered FIRs in only 51 cases.
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