Haryana government plans app to nab corrupt officials

FARIDABAD: As part of its efforts to check corruption in government offices, the Haryana government will launch a mobile app to track corrupt officials.

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The app is likely to be launched in a few days, said Sheel Madhur, Director General of Police (Vigilance) Gurgaon told HT. Once operational, anybody can lodge complaints against any officer demanding bribe. This will help nab the accused as soon as possible.

Earlier, Madhur while addressing a gathering requested the audience to make Haryana corruption free and to help catch corrupt officers red- handed.

The programme was organised to felicitate family members of the martyrs of defence personnel or terrorist victims from Faridabad and nearby areas, in which Anti-terrorist Front Chief MS Bitta was the chief guest. Sheel Madhur was the guest of honour.

Corruption has become a serious problem for the nation and people have to stand united and fight this menace together, Madhur said, adding, that once the app was introduced, it would become easier to trap corrupt government officers.

The Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught red handed, 15 officers and officials while taking bribes ranging from

1,500 to 32,000, recently. Whenever the DG Vigilance raised issues of corruption, the meeting hall reverberated with slogans like Bharat Mata ki Jai’. “

“The concept of a mobile app like this is great. Generally spies in the vigilance department leak information of raids and checks beforehand and so nothing gets done,” said a resident.

“Hopefully, the use of the mobile App will bring in efficiency in trapping the corrupt,” the resident added.