Chandigarh, November 21, 2019 (Yes Punjab News)
State Vigilance Bureau today nabbed Additional Junior Engineer (AJE) of PSPCL red handed while accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000.
Disclosing this an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said Avtar Singh Additional JE posted at PSPCL Sub-division West Technical, PSPCL Patiala has been nabbed red handed on the complaint of Jagdeep Singh of Ram Nagar, Patiala.
The complaint has approached the VB and alleged that the above said AJE was demanding Rs.10,000 to install a domestic electricity meter tempered with for recording low consumption.
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After verifying his information, a Vigilance team laid a trap and the accused AJE arrested on the spot while accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
He informed that a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Patiala and further investigation was under progress.
