Vigilance Bureau nabs Punjab govt officer for taking bribe Rs one lakh
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed Section Officer Davider Kumar of Punjab Urban Development Authority (PUDA) SAS Nagar while he was accepting bribe of Rs one lakh.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the state Vigilance Nureau (VB) informed that Section Officer (SO) Davider Kumar has been arrested on the complaint of Nirmal Singh Resident of Phase 11, SAS Nagar.
He added that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the above accused SO was threatening him demanding Rs.1,00,000 for not to cancel his booth allotted in Phase 11 . The complaint informed that he had already paid Rs 50,000 as a bribe to the accused but he was further threatening and demanding bribe Rs one lakh more from him.
The spokesperson added that after verifying the complaint a team of Flying Squad (FS) Vigilance Bureau under the command of Ajay Kumar DSP/FS has arrested Davider Kumar red handed while accepting bribe money Rs one lakh from the complainant at PUDA Bhawan SAS Nagar in the presence of two official witnesses.
He further informed that in this case FIR No.2 dated 12/04/2022, u/s 7 Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused SO at VB police station flying squad SAS Nagar. Further investigation in this case is under progress.
April 12,2022
