Panchayat secretary caught red handed accepting bribe money
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, July 30, 2019: Vigilance Bureau Punjab on Tuesday arrested a Panchayat Secretary posted at Block Development and Panchayat Office (BDPO), Patiala red handed for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs.4,000....
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Jul 30, 2019 09:30
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Chandigarh, July 30, 2019: Vigilance Bureau Punjab on Tuesday arrested a Panchayat Secretary posted at Block Development and Panchayat Office (BDPO), Patiala red handed for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs.4,000.
According to a spokesman of Vigilance Bureau Punjab, the accused Harpreet Singh Panchayat Secretary was caught red handed on the complaint of Labh Singh of village Siona in the Patiala district.
Briefing further, he said the complainant approached the Vigilance Bureau (VB) and alleged that the accused was demanding Rs.10,000 from him to give more time for depositing contract money pertaining to panchayati land. He informed that the accused had already accepted Rs.5,000 as a first installment from him.
After verifying his complaint the VB team laid a trap and the accused Panchayat Secretary was arrested on the spot and Rs.4,000 of second installment was recovered from him in the presence of two official witnesses.
He further informed that a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused at VB Police Station Patiala.
Further investigation is under progress, he added.
