Accused demanded Rs 20,000 more as bribe money
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh October 29-
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested a co-accused Sanjiv Malhotra, Peon (Now clerk), posted in Excise and Taxation Department, Kapurthala for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 and demanding Rs 20,000 more. In this case, another accused Inspector of Excise and Taxation Jatinderpal Singh, had already been arrested.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said this case has been registered against the above mentioned accused based on a complaint lodged by Neeraj Sharma, a resident of Mohalla Kiampura, Kapurthala city on the Chief Minister's Anti Corruption Action Line.
He further informed that the complainant had informed in his complaint that he is running an electronic shop at Kiampura in Kapurthala city and had sold a cooler in April 2024 to which both the above mentioned accused had intervened to settle the dispute with the customer. He further alleged that both the said accused had asked him on his mobile phone to come with his accountant in the office where they demanded a bribe of Rs 45,000 from him to settle irregularities of said bill.