Chandigarh, July 16, 2024 (Yes Punjab News)
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, on Tuesday has arrested a private person named Gurpreet Singh, a resident village Beer Kalan in Sangrur district while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above said accused has been arrested on a complaint lodged by Khushpal Singh residing in the same village.
Giving more details he informed that the said accused Gurpreet Singh had submitted a complaint to district administration regarding the bio-gas plant in the village owned by complainant Khushpal Singh. During the enquiry of this complaint, the concerned Patwari was calling Khushpal Singh and his father to join the enquiry and record their statements.
Afterwards the aforementioned Gurpreet Singh intervened in the case and asked the complainant to pay a bribe of Rs 2.50 lakhs stating that this money would be shared by other government officials also.
He further added that the complainant didn’t want to pay the bribe and approached the VB with a complaint alleging that the said accused Gurpreet Singh demanding a bribe to settle his complaint.
After preliminary verification the VB team laid a trap and the said accused Gurpreet Singh was arrested while accepting first instalment of bribe money of Rs. 50,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
In this regard a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Patiala range. The accused would be produced in the competent court tomorrow and further investigation into this case was under progress, he said.
