Punjab-- 17 officers caught red handed in graft cases during august

Chandigarh, September 15, 2014: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau, has considerably intensified its anti corruption campaign in the month of August.  The Bureau has been successful in nabbing 17 officers red handed while receiving the bribe whereas vigilance inquiry in 17 different cases has also been completed and subsequently the challans have been filed.
Disclosing this here, an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that during the month of August, 2014, seventeen officers/officials were caught red handed accepting bribe and cases under Prevention of Corruption Act-1988 were registered against all these officers.
The spokesman further said that during the hearing of another cases filed by Vigilance Bureau, the Hon’ble courts have pronounced sentenced to in twelve bribery cases. He said that Vigilance Bureau has also initiated fresh inquiries in three other cases.
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