Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, February 7-
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing ongoing anti-corruption drive in the state, on Friday arrested Ravi
Prakash, Patwari, posted at revenue circle Kot Khalsa, in Amritsar city for demanding and accepting a bribe of
Rs 10000.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by Paramjit Singh, a resident of New Mohani Park, Amritsar city. He further added that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged in his complaint that the accused had demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 for correcting his loan amount which was erroneously mentioned as Rs 90 lakhs instead of the actual amount Rs 9 lakh in the revenue records.
The spokesperson further informed that after a preliminary enquiry into this complaint the VB team from Amritsar range laid a trap during which the said accused was caught red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000 from the
complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
He added that in this regard a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the said accused at VB police station, Amritsar range.