Delhi anti-corruption helpline gets over 12K calls in 24 hrs

April 06, 2015 21:13

AAP government's anti-corruption helpline, re-launched yesterday in Delhi, has received 12,731 calls in 24 hours, with most of them wanting to know about the process of registering a graft case.

"Most of the calls received at helpline were made to inquire about how to register corruption case with the Anti Corruption Branch (ACB). The calls received so far are being analyzed to segregate between frivolous and real calls," a senior official said today.

Yesterday Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had launched the 24x7 helpline, which can answer over 10,000 calls a day.

The made-over re-launch comes after the service, during AAP's previous stint, could respond to only 1,000 calls a day due to shortage of lines, the official said.

He also said genuine calls, after segregation, would be forwarded to Anti-Corruption Branch for further investigation.

"Some of the calls which have been segregated have already been sent to the ACB for further probe. Cases being forwarded to the ACB include complaints against Delhi Police, Municipal Corporation, Education Department, Transport Department, Jal Board, Delhi Fire etc," he said.

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