Chandigarh, May 17, 2023 (Yes Punjab News)
A team of Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau, has caught a Sarpanch of Babain village in Kurukshetra district red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 on behalf of Exemptee Sub Inspector (ESI). The ACB team has also nabbed ESI in this connection.
Sharing the information here today, a spokesman of the Bureau said that the sarpanch who was nabbed performing the role of tout has been identified as Sanjeev Kumar alias Goldy, while the ESI has been identified as Jaswinder Singh. Both the accused have been arrested on the complaint of a woman, a resident of Babain, Kurukshetra.
The complainant approached the ACB alleging that the ESI Jaswinder Singh through accused Sarpanch, has demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 for not arresting his nephews in a case registered at Babain police station. In this case, the accused had already taken a bribe of Rs 10,000 earlier.
The spokesman said that after verifying the complaint, the ACB team formed a raiding team and caught the accused Sarpanch red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant in the presence of independent witnesses.
In this regard, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against both the accused at ACB police station, Ambala. Further investigation is going on in this matter.
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