The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing anti-corruption drive, on Thursday arrested an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Gurmeet Kaur, posted at EVS South and her accomplice Harpreet Singh, a private person, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused have been arrested based on a complaint lodged by Sikander Singh, a resident of village Wazir Bhullar, in tehsil Baba Bakala, Amritsar district.
He further informed that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged in his complaint that the accused had demanded a bribe of Rs 1,50,000 for favoring the complainant, his father and brother in a police case being investigated by the above said ASI. The accused had already taken Rs 10,000 through Google Pay and had been demanding second instalment of bribe amounting to Rs 40,000.
The spokesperson added that after verification of this complaint a VB team from Amritsar range laid a trap during which aforementioned accomplice of ASI has been caught red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs.40,000 from the complainant on her behalf in the presence of two official witnesses. Subsequently the said accused ASI was also arrested in this case.
He added that in this regard a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against both the accused at VB Police Station, Range Amritsar. The accused would be produced in the competent court tomorrow and further investigation into this case was under progress.