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Delhiites can now call a helpline —011-27357169 — to help nab corrupt officials. CM Arvind Kejriwal said the “helpline” would instruct callers on how to conduct a sting operation. Soon a 4-digit number will be created, making it easier to remember. “Even donations or grants without a receipt will amount to bribe,” a top police official said.
Delhiites can now call a helpline to seek assistance in nabbing a government official or an organization seeking bribes for executing a public work or service in the capital.
Launching the service on Wednesday, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal described it as a “helpline” that would help catch bribe-seekers and said it was not a “complaint number”.
The helpline would instruct the caller on how to conduct a sting operation by secretly recording the accused’s demand (in audio or video) to create the ‘first evidence’, on the basis of which government’s anti-corruption team will lay a trap to nab the offender red handed.
Action will be taken within 24 hours of the first evidence being submitted to the state vigilance department, Kejriwal claimed. “This is an advisory number that will explain to you the way to hold a sting. But you cannot make a complaint on this number. The number, 011-27357169, will be active from 8am to 10pm,” the CM said.
In the next few days, a four digit number will be created for the helpline, making it easier for citizens to remember it.
The service has been set up under the chief minister’s office and all cases would be passed on to the vigilance department after evidence is submitted.
 G C Dwivedi, addition commissioner of police in Delhi government’s anti-corruption branch, said the service can be used by Delhiites faced with an illegal demand by a city government official or a member of any private organization involved in public services. This would include all officials of private schools (aided or unaided) and private hospitals if they seek money to get a task done.
This is the third major initiative announced by the AAP government within 12 days of coming to power. It had earlier subsidized power tariffs and made water supply (up to 700 litres a day) free for those having a regular water meter.
Kejriwal said the sting can be a mere audio recording but ‘first evidence’ is an absolute must for the anti-corruption bureau team to lay a trap for the accused. “I appeal to the people of Delhi that we need to eradicate corruption together. If somebody asks you for a bribe, record the proceedings and bring it to the anti-corruption department,” he said.