Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, August 17-
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state has arrested ASI Gurdeep Singh, posted at police station Guruharsahai in Ferozepur district, red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.
Disclosing this here today, the spokesperson of the VB informed that the accused ASI was arrested based on the statement and recorded evidence presented by the complainant, Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Khundar Uttaar village in Ferozepur district.
He further added that the complainant has approached the VB and reported that a case had been registered against his younger brother at the police station Guruharsahai, which was later resolved amicably. However, when the complainant had submitted another application related to the same case at the police station, ASI Gurdeep Singh summoned his brother to the station, detained him, and demanded ₹150,000 for his release. When the complainant couldn’t pay the bribe amount, the ASI arrested his brother in this case. Subsequently, under the threat of obtaining a seven-day remand and opposing bail of his brother, the said ASI extorted Rs 10,000 as a bribe from him.
