VB arrests Patiala cop taking ₹6 lakh bribe
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested police inspector Vijay Kumar, who was earlier posted as in-charge CIA, Samana in Patiala district for accepting a bribe of ₹6 lakh in conniving with co-accused ASI Raghvir Singh.
A VB spokesperson said Vijay has been arrested in FIR under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act registered at VB police station, Patiala range, registered in the year 2023. Earlier, ASI Raghvir Singh was arrested and after his interrogation inspector Vijay Kumar was also nominated in this case.
He further informed that the above-mentioned FIR was registered after an online complaint was lodged by Shampy Singh, a resident of Samana town in Patiala district, against ASI Raghuvir Singh. The complainant alleged the accused ASI demanded a bribe of ₹10 lakh for favouring him in an investigation of a case registered against him in the Samana police station. The complainant said he had already taken ₹6 lakh as a bribe on April 27, 2023, and was asking for the remaining money ₹4 lakh. Further investigation into this case was under progress, the VB spokesperson said.
Boha sub-inspector held for taking ₹5,000 bribe
The VB registered a case against sub-inspector Gurtej Singh, posted at Boha police station in Mansa district, for “demanding and accepting” a bribe of ₹5,000. A VB spokesperson said complainant Parvinder Singh of Sherkhan Wala village, Mansa, mentioned that his relatives were booked at Boha police station and the SI demanded ₹40,000 for helping the accused. The deal was settled at ₹20,000 as a bribe and he had taken ₹5,000 as a first instalment. The complainant recorded the conversation while he was demanding and taking the bribe money.
ACCUSED OF CONNIVING WITH AN ASI TO DEMAND BRIBE TO FAVOUR COMPLAINANT IN A CASE IN SAMANA