Punjab Newsline | Sangrur
Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Tarsem Lal, posted at Dirba police station, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000. The accused was caught red-handed while taking the money from a complainant.
According to the Vigilance Bureau, the ASI had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a resident of the Bhawanigarh grain market in exchange for not conducting raids to arrest him in connection with another case.
The complainant had recorded his conversation with the accused regarding the alleged bribe demand and subsequently lodged a complaint with the Patiala Range of the Vigilance Bureau.
According to a spokesperson for the Vigilance Bureau, after verifying the complaint, a team laid a trap. In the presence of two official witnesses, ASI Tarsem Lal was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 25,000 from the complainant.
A case has been registered against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Vigilance Bureau police station in Patiala.
