Chandigarh, October 4, 2024 (Yes Punjab News)
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, on Friday arrested Tarsem Singh, Fire Officer, Barnala red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs. 40,000.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the state VB informed that the said accused has been apprehended based on a complaint filed by Complainant Hardev Singh, a resident of Village Jharron, tehsil Sunam in Sangrur district.
He further added that the complainant had approached the VB and informed that he had purchased plot for construction of a hotel opposite grain market Barnala. For issuing the no objection certificate (NOC) from fire department, the accused was demanding a bribe of Rs. 50,000 but the deal was struck at Rs 40,000.
The spokesperson informed that after a preliminary inquiry of this complaint a VB team laid a trap during which the accused Fire Officer was arrested while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses.
In this regard a case has been registered against the accused under prevention of corruption act at VB police station Patiala range and further investigation into this case was under progress.
