Chandigarh March 28, 2024 (Punjab khabarnama) : – The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state on Thursday arrested Charanjit Singh, posted as Technical Assistant Line Man (ALM) but working as a Consumer Clerk in Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) office Balbehra, in Patiala district and residing at Bilaspur dera, Bazigar Basti, Patiala red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above mentioned accused has been arrested on a complaint lodged by Harinder Singh, a resident of village Dulba in Patiala district.
He further added that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the said accused has demanded Rs 15,000 to transfer a tubewell power connection owned by his grandfather to his name.
The spokesperson added that after preliminary inquiry a VB team laid a trap in which the accused official has been arrested while he was taking bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard a case under prevention of corruption act has registered against the accused at VB police station Patiala range and further investigation into this case was under progress, he said.
