Information obtained through the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed that the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), formerly known as the Vigilance Bureau, registered 201 corruption cases in its Panchkula and Gurugram offices over the past 10 years.

The data shows that the Panchkula ACB office registered 59 cases, while the Gurugram office reported 142 cases between 2015 and mid-2025. However, ACB offices in Ambala, Hisar, Faridabad, Rohtak and Karnal declined to share information, citing Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, 2005 — which exempts the disclosure of personal information not linked to public activity or interest, or that would cause an unwarranted invasion of privacy.

According to the Panchkula office’s reply, four cases were registered in 2015, followed by five in 2016, two each in 2018, 2020, and 2021, one in 2019, nine in 2022, and the highest number — 22 — in 2023. Four cases were registered in both 2024 and 2025 (till July).

Between 2015 and July 2025, seven accused were convicted, while seven others were acquitted. Two cases were closed following the death of the accused, and several others are still pending in court.

Notably, the Panchkula ACB office had arrested HCS officer Anil Kumar, then Deputy Secretary at the Haryana Public Service Commission, in 2021. IAS officer Vijay Dahiya was booked in a bribery case in 2023. Other high-ranking officials accused include the Chief Engineer of the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, Panchkula; the Managing Director of the Haryana State Warehousing Corporation; IAS officer Jaivir Singh; and Joint Secretary, Fisheries Department, Meenakshi Dahiya.

Meanwhile, the Gurugram ACB office provided only a one-line response stating that 142 corruption cases were registered in the past decade.

The Hisar and Karnal ACB offices stated that the data sought was “too vast” and not maintained in the requested format.

RTI activist Subhash, state coordinator of the Haryana Soochna Adhikar Manch, said he had earlier sought statewide data from the Chief Secretary’s Office but was denied on similar grounds. The Punjab and Haryana High Court later ordered the release of the data, revealing 289 corruption cases between 2000 and 2013.