LUCKNOW, May 9 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred investigation into cases of corruption, bribery and disproportionate assets involving employees of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) and affiliated power sector bodies to the state vigilance department.

This has effectively ended the corporation's role in handling graft-related inquiries against its own personnel.

Officials said shifting probes to an external agency aims to strengthen transparency and institutional accountability in anti-corruption investigations.

The decision was formalised through a home department order issued on May 5, a copy of which the Hindustan Times has accessed.

Under the revised arrangement, electricity theft and enforcement-re...