Punjab VB arrests ASI for accepting Rs 5,000 bribe in Nurpur Bedi
Ropar, September 30: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau apprehended ASI Jujhar Singh, posted at police station Nurpur Bedi, on Friday for accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000.
According to VB SSP Gagan Ajit Singh, the culprit was arrested on the complaint of Barjinder Singh of Matour village near Anandpur Sahib.
He explained that the complainant had approached the VB and claimed that he needed his vehicle released from police custody after it had been confiscated in a police case, but the accused ASI was demanding Rs 10,000 for it.
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He also said that ASI Jujhar Singh had already taken Rs 5,000 as a first instalment and was asking a further Rs 5,000 to release his vehicle.
The SSP went on to say that after verifying the facts and evidence material in this case, a VB team caught ASI Jujhar Singh red-handed collecting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
A case has been recorded at VB police station SAS Nagar under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and more investigation is underway.
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