Vigilance Bureau nabs non-public individual taking bribe Rs 15,000 to offer govt job on solid paperwork
CHANDIGARH : Aiming to curb the menace of corruption within the state, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested a non-public individual Sandeep Singh Virk, resident of village Naya Gaon, SAS Nagar district crimson handed
whereas demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 15,000.
Disclosing this right here in the present day a spokesperson of the VB stated the above talked about accused has claimed to the complainant Sabar Khan of Handiya, Barnala district that he has connections in Punjab Chief Minister workplace (CMO) and would get recruited him as a Private Officer in CMO beneath particular quota however he has to pay Rs 6 lakhs as bribe/bills to get this job.
He additional added that the complainant has knowledgeable to the VB that the accused had already taken Rs 15,000 as an advance cash and now demanding Rs 25,000 extra to get his file/case signed from the complainant and additional to submit it to get its approval from involved authorities.
After preliminary investigation, a VB group laid a entice and the accused Sandeep Singh was arrested whereas accepting bribe cash of Rs 15,000 from the complainant within the presence of two official witnesses.
Throughout investigation it has got here to mild that the above stated accused Sandeep Singh ready and get the complainant to signal a solid/fabricated appointment letter and different related paperwork to persuade the complainant about his recruitment, he added.
The spokesperson additional added {that a} case FIR No. 8 Dated 13-02-2013 beneath part 7A of prevention of corruption act has been registered in opposition to Sandeep Singh at VB police station, flying squad, Punjab, SAS Nagar. Native courtroom has granted two days police remand of the accused and additional investigation was beneath progress in order to uncover modus operandi of the accused and to know involvement of his accomplices together with non-public/authorities officers, if any, he added.