CHANDIGARH:State Vigilance Bureau, in a drive against corruption in public life, arrested ten Non-Gazzetted Officers (NGOs) in ten different cases in last month and was able to secure the conviction of seventeen accused in eight different vigilance cases.

Disclosing this on Thursday, Harcharn Singh Bhullar, SSP-cum-Joint Director (Admn.) Vigilance Bureau Punjab, said that Bureau has put up its best efforts to eradicate corruption amongst public servants and others in every sphere in the State. In this direction, the Vigilance officers have registered trap cases, disproportionate assets cases and criminal cases and ensured that suspect did not escape judicial punishment in the various courts in the State.

Bhullar added that during the last month of August, the Vigilance had nabbed ten corrupt public servants red handedly accepting bribes in ten different cases which include 5 Revenue officials. The vigilance bureau had also registered four criminal cases and three vigilance enquiries against suspect officials to probe into the allegations.

Giving details he added that the special courts have sentenced seventeen accused including nine NGOs after finding them guilty for one year to three years imprisonment with fines in eight different vigilance cases.