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The raids have revealed that consumer equipment officials accept cash bribes, bottles of alcohol and digital payments from bar and shop owners.
According to official sources, the drive was based on news that indicated corruption among officials who allegedly gathered huge bribes for ignoring incorrect practices, unlawful sales of spirits and violations of consumer and licensing laws, especially during the onam season.
FALSED REGISTERS
Vigilance officials confiscated unseen cash of CZK 28,164, maintained 25 bottles of liqueur as bribes and watched 2,12,500 GBP collected via Google Pay (GPay) from bar and shop owners. The raids have also detected several falsified registers, backdaled certificates for shares and evidence of inspections that have intentionally avoided in bar hotels, and beer and wine salons to allegedly facilitate incorrect practices.
In Kochi, the officer’s account showed a GPay 93,000 GBP transaction associated with the bar owners, while in Vaikom and Punelur large bribes were monitored both in cash and digital transfers. In Malappuram, five bottles of alcohol were maintained as bribes from office rooms. In Wayanad, the officer was caught to knock out the non -participating money on the melody of 6,500 GBP when the Vigilance team arrived, and in the barod, cash was even found hidden inside the shoes.
In capital
Vigilance officials found that consumption officials in Thiruvananthapuram could not properly notice registers of bar stock accounts. It was also found that some officials signed registers on behalf of employees Bar. Sleuths also renewed the CCTV shots that confirmed that officers issued certificates to release shares without physically present during unloading at certain places.
While the confiscated bottles of liqueurs were handed over to the police for legal action, the VACB will conduct a subsequent investigation, including the review of extracts from the bank accounts of implied officials.
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Published – 3 September 2025 17:53
