Chandigarh- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Monday, arrested Jatinder Singh, a Safety Guard posted on the Civil Hospital Baba Bakala Sahib, Amritsar district, red-handed whereas he was accepting a bribe of Rs 15000.
Disclosing this right here right now an official spokesperson of the state VB mentioned the accused was apprehended following a grievance of Resham Singh. The complainant has alleged to the VB that mentioned accused has demanded bribe of Rs 15000 for facilitating the issuance of a destructive dope check certificates for an arms licence.
He knowledgeable that after a preliminary examination of this grievance a Flying Squad crew from VB laid a lure throughout which the aforementioned accused was arrested whereas he was taking the bribe of Rs 15000 from the complainant within the presence of two official witnesses.
On this regard, a case below Part 7-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered on the VB Flying Squad, police station at Mohali towards the aforesaid accused.
The spokesperson additional knowledgeable that the questioning of the arrested accused is presently underway. The modus operandi and the involvement of different accused within the crime, based mostly on revelations made throughout interrogation, are below investigation.
The accused could be produced earlier than the competent court docket tomorrow. Additional investigation within the case is below progress, he added.
