Punjab Vigilance Bureau nabs cop for taking Rs 15K bribe

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) in its drive against corruption in the state, has nabbed Sub-Inspector (SI) Mandeep Singh, in-charge Nabipur police post, red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000. He was arrested on the complaint lodged by Vineet Kumar, a resident of Ludhiana.

A VB spokesperson said the complainant had approached the bureau and alleged that the SI was demanding Rs 25,000 to release his two private ambulances which had met with a accident with a truck, but the deal was stuck at Rs 20,000.

In this regard a case was registered at the police station. The complainant further alleged that the SI had already received Rs 5,000 as first instalment of the bribe. The spokesperson said after a preliminary inquiry of the complaint, a VB team from the economic offences wing (EOW) laid a trap and arrested the SI while he was accepting bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.

The spokesperson said a case had been registered against the SI under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the VB police station, EOW, Ludhiana range, and further probe initiated into the case.