Gazetted officers, Punjab Police NGO, driver nabbed by vigilance bureau for accepting bribe
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News / May 22,2025
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), in line with the zero tolerance policy against corruption adopted by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab government, apprehended Kulwant Singh, Block Development and Panchayat Officer (B.D.P.O) Rayya, in Amritsar district red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 40000.
An official spokesperson of the state VB informed that the arrest has been made based on a complaint filed by a resident of village Shahpur, in Amritsar district.
He further added that the complainant her wife was sarpanch of village Shahpur from year 2019-2024. There were allegations about embezzlement of Panchayat funds and creation of fake job cards during her tenure. The complainant alleged that the aforementioned BDPO being the enquiry officer, has demanded Rs one lakh bribe from him to settle the said case. The complainant pleaded to reduce the bribe amount but the officer remained adamant to pay the aforesaid bribe money.
The spokesperson added that after a preliminary enquiry of this complaint the VB team laid a trap during which the accused BDPO was arrested red handed while he was accepting RS 40000 as a first instalment of bribe from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Amritsar range. The accused would be produced in the competent court tomorrow and further investigation into this case was under progress, he said.
VB flying squad nabs PUNBUS Superintendent accepting Rs 20,000 bribe
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its drive against corruption in the state, has arrested Jagjivan Singh, Superintendent at the office of the Director, State Transport -cum- MD PUNBUS, Sector 17, Chandigarh, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the VB said the accused Superintendent has been arrested following a complaint lodged by a private transporter and a resident of village Dharar, in Amritsar district.
The complaint has alleged that the said accused was demanding Rs 5,000 per bus (totaling Rs 20,000) to approve the release of his Rs 2 lakh security deposit with the department. The complainant had recorded the conversation providing irrefutable evidence of the demand. As per the complaint the refund pertains to the four buses of the complainant who had leased to PUNBUS under a kilometre scheme between the years 2014 and 2020. Despite submitting the required documents and obtaining a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Depot Manager, Amritsar, in May 2023, his file had been deliberately delayed under frivolous pretexts for three years.
The spokesperson further added that after a preliminary enquiry of this complaint, the VB flying squad team laid a trap during which the accused Superintendent was apprehended red handed while he was receiving the bribe of Rs 20000 bribe from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses outside his office. In this regard a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused under the prevention of corruption act at VB police station flying squad-1, Punjab at Mohali. Further investigations are ongoing to ascertain if higher officials were complicit in the extortion, he said. The VB has reiterated its zero-tolerance policy against corruption and urged citizens to report graft via helpline numbers.
ANTF ASI, his driver red handed taking Rs 1,05,000 bribe
Gazetted officers, Punjab Police NGO, driver nabbed by vigilance bureau for accepting bribe . In another case, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has apprehended a Punjab police non-gazetted officer (NGO), an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Major Singh, posted at Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Bathinda range and his private driver Ram Singh, red-handed while receiving a bribe of Rs. 1,05,000.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the arrests have been made following a complaint lodged by a resident of village Raipur, tehsil Sardulgarh, in district Mansa.
He added that the complainant has approached the VB and informed that the ANTF, team Mansa had registered a case under NDPS act at Mohali against his son and others. During investigation of this case, ASI Major Singh came to his shop and told him to release the gold kept in possession of police during body search (Jamtalashi) of his son upon his arrest and demanded Rs 2 lakh bribe in lieu of this work.
The complainant further alleged that upon his request to reduce the bribe money the said driver Ram Singh demanded Rs 5,000 for himself and one and a half lakh rupees for his boss (ASI). The complainant has recorded the conversation while the accused was demanding the bribe and submitted to the VB as an evidence.
The spokesman further added that after a preliminary enquiry of this complaint, the VB team laid a trap and arrested the aforementioned ASI Major Singh and his private driver Ram Singh while accepting a bribe of Rs.1,05,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against both the said accused at VB Police Station Bathinda range. Further investigation into this case was under progress, he said.
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