The CBI on Friday conducted surprise checks as part of its preventive vigilance exercise to unearth possible wrongdoing across 30 departments of the central government covering 25 states and Union Territories.

“The surprise checks have been undertaken in conjunction with the vigilance wing of concerned central government departments/ organisations at various locations across different states and Union Territories…. The joint surprise checks were conducted in more than 25 states and Union Territories,” the agency said in a statement.

The checks are being conducted at places that are “prone to corruptible practices” while rendering services or implementing projects of the Centre, the CBI said.

The cites and towns where the checks were conducted included Howrah, Shillong, Agartala, Tezpur, Guwahati, Imphal, Port Blair, Agra, Goa, Meerut, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Ahmedabad, Jammu, Hardwar, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

The departments covered during the checks included the Food Corporation of India, railways, General Reserve Engineer Force, NIT Manipur, Andaman Public Works Department, Ordinance Factory, CSD godown, North Coal Fields Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation, Directorate of Light House & Light Ship, Defence Estate Office, Inland Container Depot, SECL, NTPC Western Region-2 and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.