VB arrests former Kanugo for taking Rs one lakh bribe
Dilbag Singh
VB arrests former Kanugo for taking Rs one lakh bribe
CHANDIGARH /JALANDHAR 17 FEBRUARY
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested a retired Kanugo Sutantar Singh, a resident of the town Rahon, in SBS Nagar district for accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said this case has been registered against the said accused on an online complaint lodged by Harmel Singh, a resident of village Chhokra of tehsil Nawanshahar on the Chief Minister anti-corruption action line.
He further added that the complainant has alleged in his complaint that the above-mentioned accused had taken illegal gratification of Rs one lakh to help in a revenue case regarding the division of ancestral land and demanding Rs one lakh more bribe in the name of Tehsildar and Patwari. The complainant has also made the recording of the demand raised by the said Kanugo while demanding a bribe and submitted it to the VB as a piece of evidence.
In this regard, the VB range Jalandhar has investigated the complaint and found the allegations as true and correct. Based on this report, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the above-mentioned accused at VB police station Jalandhar range and has been arrested. Further investigation into this case was under progress, he added.
