Patna, Oct. 17 -- Bihar has recorded a significant increase in convictions in corruption cases, with 22 people convicted by October 16 this year, marking a 293 per cent rise over the average annual figure recorded between 2000 and 2024.
Vigilance Investigation Bureau Director General Jitendra Singh Gangwar told news persons here today that the average number of convictions over the 25-year period from 2000 to 2024 stood at 5.6 annually, whereas the figure had reached 22 in 2026 so far, nearly four times the historical average.
He said the pace of registering corruption cases had also accelerated, with an FIR being lodged against an alleged corrupt person every 1.5 days at present. In 2025, the average was one FIR every two days, compared ...