Corruption Files India: Year-By-Year Details of Most High-Profile Corruption Cases Involving IAS, IPS, and Govt Officials 

TO SAY INDIA, the world’s largest democracy, is marred with corruption at every level, might be an understatement. The acts have become so rampant that officials don’t even think twice when conducting such immoral acts; it's almost a second habit for the corrupt individuals. Even the public has become a mute spectator, accepting it as a “norm” of our society. However, the fundamental failure of this democratic setup is when the officials who should be custodian of guarding the public against misdeeds indulge in the same practices.

Lakhs and crores of robberies from the common public become just a statistic in the long run, that soon fade away and no one follows what really happened to the accused individuals. In a staggering number of cases, these allegedly corrupt officials get out on bail and eventually go on to serve at even higher ranks than they were before. However, if we still are a democracy, it is the responsibility of the citizens to ask the administration that lets these cases slip, and sometimes even set up a system that encourages these immoral acts. Here are just a few of high profile corruption cases that have come into public light involving IAS, IPS, and government officials.

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Corruption Files 2026

Civil Servants and Individuals Caught in Scandals

1. IAS Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar: CID Arrests Karnataka IAS Officer in KPSC Recruitment Scam. Read the full story here.

2. Justice Yashwant Varma: Here's What the Parliamentary Inquiry Panel's Report Says in Its Indictment of Ex-Allahabad HC Judge. Read the full story here.

3. IPS Rahul Bansal: Chhattisgarh Officer, 2 Others Accused of Demanding ₹1 Crore Bribe to ‘Settle’ Cyber-Fraud Case. Read the full story here.

4. Ex-JPSC Chairman L. Khiangte: CID Arrests Retired IAS Officer Who Allegedly Gave Exam Contract to Blacklisted Company for ₹2-Crore Bribe. Read the full story here.

5. IAS S. Malarvizhi: Tamil Nadu Officer Continues to Serve in the Water Resources Department After ₹1.31-Crore Corruption Case. Read the full story here.

6. IAS Mohammed Shayin: CBI Seeks Haryana IAS Officer’s Foreign Travel Records, Raids Five Sites Linked to ₹504-Crore IDFC First Bank Fraud Probe. Read the full story here.

7. Chhattisgarh Snakebite Scam: Doctor, Lawyer, Home Guards Among 19 Arrested for Forging Post-Mortem Reports to Claim ₹64 Lakh Compensation. Read the full story here.

8. KAPL Managing Director Anurag Danayak: CBI Arrests Karnataka Official Red-Handed in ₹15 Lakh Bribery Case. Read the full story here.

9. Engineer Kallepalli Sathish Kumar: Telangana Govt Engineer Arrested for Taking ₹2 Lakh Bribe to Clear Graveyard Project Bill, ACB Raid Recovers ₹32 Lakh Cash From Home. Read the full story here.

10. IAS Vijay Vishwas Pant: Officer Leading SIT Probing Ram Mandir Donation Theft Was Named in 2019 Cheating and Forgery FIR. Read the full story here.

11. IAS Pooja Singhal: Reinstated as Jharkhand IT Secretary After ₹36 Crore Recovered from Her house in Money Laundering Case. Read the full story here.

12. IPS Deepak Gahlawat: Haryana IPS Officer Arrested by CBI in ₹3-Crore Bribery Case Linked to ₹5,000-Crore Fake Medicine Scam in Puducherry. Read the full story here.

13. IAS Pardeep Kumar: Arrested on Retirement Day in ₹657 Crore Haryana IDFC First Bank Fraud Case. Read the full story here.

14. IAS Rajendrakumar Patel: Gujarat HC Rejects Bail Plea in ₹3 Crore Bribery Case, Saying 'Money Laundering Scars Nation's Economy.’ Read the full story here. 

    a) Gujarat IAS Rajendrakumar Patel Arrested in ₹10 Crore PMLA Case—ED Alleges Bribery in Granting Land Approval Forms. Read the full story here.

15. Ex-DGHS Vatsala Aggarwal: Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch Arrests former Delhi Health Official Over Alleged Multi Crores-Worth Medical Procurement Scam Case. Read the full story here.

    a) ₹700 Crore Delhi Medical Scam: Key Accused Rajiv Rangila Flees India Days After Getting Anticipatory Bail in Another Case. Read the full story here.

16. IAS Pankaj Agarwal: Suspended by Haryana Govt After CBI Arrest in ₹657 Crore IDFC First Bank Fraud Case. Read the full story here.

17. IAS Yogesh Kumar Sagar and Abhilasha Sharma: SVU Raids Homes of Suspended Officers in Bihar Tender Scam. Read the full story here.

18. IAS Ram Kumar Singh: CBI Arrests Suspended Officer in Haryana’s Rs 657 Crore Government Funds Scam. Read the full story here.

19.  Sunkari Narahari Rao: ₹1.54 Crore Cash, 1.3 Kg Gold Seized from Telangana Government Official’s Home, Anti Corruption Bureau Estimates Possession of Properties Worth ₹100 Crore. Read the full story here.

20.  IAS Dhiman Chakma: Odisha Government Reinstates Officer Arrested in ₹10 Lakh Bribery Case. Read the full story here.Bihar Contractor at the Centre of Tender Scam That Led to Suspension of Two IAS Officers

21. Bihar Contractor Rishu Shree at the Centre of Tender Scam That Led to Suspension of Two IAS Officers. Read the full story here. 

22.  Former CM Pinarayi Vijayan: ED Raids Former Kerala CM’s House in Exalogic-CMRL Money Laundering Case

23.  Ex-Kolkata DCP Santanu Sinha Biswas: Former Senior Officer  Under ED Scanner Over Alleged Extortion Racket Linked to Criminal ‘Sona Pappu.’ Read the full story here.

24.  50 IAS and IPS Officers Purchase Land in Bhopal in a Single Day; Plot Value Jumps 11 Times After MP Government Approves Rs 3,200 crore Bypass Project. Read the full story here.

25.  Panchkula Municipal Corporation Money Laundering Case: ED Raids 12 Locations in ₹145 Crore Kotak Bank-Panchkula. Read the full story here.

26.  DGCA Deputy Director General Mudavath Devula: CBI Arrests DGCA official and Reliance Senior Vice President in Drone Bribery Case. Read the Full Story here.

27. Deputy Transport Commissioner Mood Kishan: Telangana ACB Books Transport Official Over Disproportionate Assets Including Properties Worth ₹100 crore. Read the full story here.

28.  Engineer H.M. Janardhana: Karnataka Lokayukta Seizes ₹1.70 Crore in Raids Linked to Bengaluru Senior Engineer. Read the full story here.

29. IAS Vinay Chaubey: After Liquor and Land Scams, Suspended Officer Named in ‘Large-Scale’ Corruption Case. Read the full story here.

Scandals Involving Govt and Ministers

1. ED Probes ₹150-350 Crore Mohali Development Projects: Forged Farmers’ Consent Letters, ₹40-Crore Waiver Under Scanner. Read the full story here.

2. Punjab Fake iPhone Export Scam: AAP Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora Challenges ED Arrest in Money Laundering Case; Punjab HC Bench Recuses Itself From Hearing Petition. Read the full story here.

3. CAG Audit Report Flags Serious Financial Irregularities in West Bengal Government’s Cyclone Relief Drive in 2020. Read the full story here.

4. PNC Infratech Secures Two Projects Under NHAI Worth ₹3,483 crore, Despite a History of Bribery Allegations, a Mining Scam, Kanpur Expressway Lapses, and Allegations of Political Influence. Read the full story here.

5. CAG Flags Rs 3,415 Crore Excess Spending in Maharashtra's Ladki Bahin Yojana, Finds Major Financial Irregularities. Read the full story here.

   a) Men, Govt Staff Among Beneficiaries for Maharashtra's Ladki Bahin Yojana; 92 Lakh Women Removed After CAG Flags Excess Spending. Read the full story here.

6. Ethanol Scam: ₹1,160-Crore Worth Govt-Subsidized Rice Allocated for Ethanol Production Redirected to Rice Mills, Then Resold to Govt for Profit. Read the full story here.

7. ₹99.6 Lakh Received for Cucumber Farm, ₹57K Missing: Agriculture Minister of State Bhagirath Choudhary Received Subsidy From His Own Ministry. Read the full story here.

8. Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav's Family Bought 168 Acres Land Around Ujjain, Where He Announced Development Projects; Report Sparks Questions Over Timing. Read the full story here.

   a) Amid Ujjain Land Holdings Controversy, Nepotism Allegations Pile on MP CM Mohan Yadav; Brother's Sudden Career Shift Sparks Question. Read the full story here.

9. National Sports Development Funds Being Siphoned Off to Upgrade Private Bureaucratic Facilities, Claims Investigative Report. Read the full story here.

10. CAG Flags ₹54,282 Crore in Unaccounted Expenditure by Centre—Persistent Accounting Irregularities and Weak Accountability Framework. Read the full story here.

11. Petition in Madras High Court Seeks CBI Probe Into BJP Fund Collection Through NaMo App in Name of Govt Scheme Donations. Read the full story here.

12. CAG Flags Irregularities in Odisha’s PM Poshan Scheme—More Mid-Day Meals than Students Highlights “High Risk” of Misappropriation. Read the full story here.

Corruption Files 2025

Civil Servants and Individuals Caught in Scandals

1. IAS Sardar Sarfaraz Khan: Karnataka Lokayukta Uncovers ₹14.38 Crore in Disproportionate Assets Linked to IAS Officer. Read the full story here.

2. Court Clerk Chandrakant Vasudev: Mumbai Court Clerk Held in ₹15 Lakh Court Bribe; FIR Points to Sessions Judge's Role. Read the full story here.

3. Revenue Officer Alok Dubey: Kanpur Officer Caught in Land Scam—Linked to Assets Worth ₹50 crore. Read the full story here.

4. IAS Nagarjuna B. Gowda: Allegations of Corruption Raised Against MP Officer– Reduced Fine on Construction Company from ₹51 crore to ₹4,032. Read the full story here.

5. ACS Nupur Bora: Assam Civil Service Officer Busted in Corruption Scandal; Vigilance Team Seizes Cash and Jewellery Worth ₹2 Crore from Her Residence. Read the full story here.

6. Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam: How Politician-Bureaucrat- Drug Mafia Nexus Sucked Out The State's Money To Fill Their Personal Coffers. Read the full story here.

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