His accomplice reporter escaped during VB trap
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh September 27-
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, on Thursday arrested a reporter namely Pawan Verma, Chief Editor, City Kesari Press, Jalandhar and resident of resident of Kartar Nagar, Jalandhar, red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 5000.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the state VB said the above mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by Pyare Lal, a resident of Suraj Ganj West, Jalandhar city.
Giving more details he added that the has approached the VB and informed that he was constructing a commercial shop on his plot at village Kingra, Sudama Vihar, Jalandhar city but its map had not passed from the Municipal Corporation, Jalandhar (MCJ). The complainant further added that on 24.09.24, two persons came to his shop namely aforementioned Pawan Verma, Chief Editor, City Kesari Press, Jalandhar and Munish Tokhi, from Punjab Daily News, Jalandhar. They took photograph of his shop in the mobile phone and threatened the complainant to stop construction work of his shop from the MCJ as the map has not been passed.