SDM office official arrested by vigilance bureau for taking bribe

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SDM office official arrested by vigilance bureau for taking bribe

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ March 20,2024

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state on Wednesday nabbed Narinder Kumar, Bill Clerk, posted at SDM Office, Mohali, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 20000.

Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above mentioned accused has been arrested on a complaint lodged by Yadvinder Singh, a resident of village Landran, District S.A.S. Nagar.

He informed that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the said accused has been demanding Rs. 40000 as a bribe in lieu of clearance of two bills amounting to Rs. 4,09,390 each pertaining to refund of court fees regarding a land settlement case of his father-in-law Kesar Singh, resident of village Chachu Majra, in S.A.S. Nagar district. The complainant further added that the accused had already taken Rs. 20000 from him and demanding the remaining bribe amount.

The spokesperson informed that after preliminary investigation of this complaint a VB team laid a trap in which the said accused has been arrested red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard, a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered at police station VB flying squad-1, Mohali, Punjab at Mohali and further investigation into this case was under progress, he said.