Chandigarh, October 10
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), as part of its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, has arrested Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Gurbaksh Singh, posted at Sadar Police Station, Faridkot, for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹80,000.
Disclosing this information today, an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said the arrest was made following a complaint lodged by a resident of village Ghugiana in Faridkot district.
According to the complaint, ASI Gurbaksh Singh had allegedly already accepted ₹40,000 from the complainant in exchange for cancelling a case registered against him. The accused subsequently demanded an additional bribe of ₹80,000 to ensure that the case was dropped.
Unwilling to pay the illegal gratification, the complainant approached the Vigilance Bureau’s Ferozepur Range and reported the matter.
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Acting on the complaint, a Vigilance Bureau team laid a trap and caught ASI Gurbaksh Singh red-handed while he was allegedly accepting ₹80,000 from the complainant. The arrest was made in the presence of two official witnesses.
The spokesperson further stated that a case has been registered against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Vigilance Bureau Police Station in Ferozepur.
Further investigation into the matter is underway.
