Police official previously accepted Rs 1 lakh in bribes to help case proceedings
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, October 11–
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, has arrested Inspector of Police Jatinder Kumar, posted as SHO at Phagwara City Police Station in Kapurthala district, along with his accomplice, Jaskaran Singh alias Jassa, a resident of Burj Hamira village in Moga district, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson for the VB said the arrests were made following a complaint lodged by Kulwinder Kaur, a resident of Chachoki village near Phagwara.
Providing more details, he added that Kulwinder Kaur has approached the VB with a complaint alleging that the said police personnel had detained her son Harshdeep, his wife Ashima, and his brother-in-law Ansh Sharma in March while they were dining at a local eatery in Phagwara. A Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) case was then registered against her son at the said police station. Subsequently, the accused police personnel demanded Rs 50,000 in exchange for not involving Harshdeep’s wife and brother-in-law in this case and the complainant, under pressure, paid the bribe.