SHO, ASI arrested for graft in Punjab

An SHO and an ASI who were both posted to the Nehian Wala police station in the district have been arrested by the Vigilance Bureau (VB) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 bribe.

A spokesperson for the VB in a press note said, “SHO Balkour Singh and ASI Parmjit Singh were arrested on a complaint lodged by Ram Lal, a resident of Mehma Sarkari village. The complainant had approached the VB and alleged that the police officials were demanding a bribe of Rs 3 lakh for executing a compromise on a complaint lodged against him and another person, Gurtej Singh of Kothe Phula Singh Wala, for failing to return Rs 30 lakh, which they had taken as loan from Harcharn Singh of Dasmesh Nagar, Goniana.”

“After verification of the facts and material evidence, a VB team from the Bathinda unit laid a trap and arrested both police officials in the presence of two witnesses. An amount of Rs 50,000 was recovered from them, which was taken as a first instalment of the bribe from the complainant. A case under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the two at the VB police station, Bathinda,” the spokesperson added.

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