Bribe and prejudice: when graft charges slip through the cracks in Telangana

In Telangana, instances of officers getting caught taking a bribe may spark a scandal, but it is rarely a career-ender. Bureaucratic delays, alleged shoddy investigations and ‘political shielding’ drag cases to a crawl. Many accused officers not only return to their posts but climb the ranks, while prosecutions fade into obscurity. The result? A system that claims to fight graft but too often shields the corrupt. Lavpreet Kaur exposes how anti-corruption cases end without a sense of justice

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