Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau at this time nabbed one Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and one senior constable crimson handed whereas accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000.
Disclosing this right here at this time, an official spokesperson of the State Vigilance Bureau stated Krishan Kumar, ASI (No. 1005/Mohali) and senior constable Ajay Gill (No. 982/Mohali), each posted at police put up Phase-8, Mohali, had been arrested by vigilance group for accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000 from complainant Karan Singh of village Nahalan, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh however residing at Mohali.
He additional knowledgeable that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that above stated cops had been demanding Rs. 25,000 bribe for returning again his laptop computer, printer and different helpful objects which they took away from his Siaram Loan agency at business space part 8, Mohali. The grievance said that when he reached the police put up, Ajay Gill stated “If you need your objects to be launched you’ll have to give a bribe of Rs. 20,000. At that point, he bribed them Rs. 8,000 which he borrowed from his buddy.
Consequently, after a couple of days senior constable Ajay Gill together with different personnel once more got here to his workplace and threatened him to provide remaining quantity of bribe. He produced him earlier than Krishan Kumar, ASI and one other ASI on the police put up to pay the bribe.
Both the ASIs threatened to register a fraud case against him and requested him to provide a bribe of Rs. 25,000. Due to this, he bribed them Rs. 15,000 on the spot.
After verifying his data, a VB group laid a lure and the accused ASI Krishan Kumar was arrested on the spot whereas accepting the remainder of the bribe of Rs. 10,000 from the complainant within the presence of two official witnesses.
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He knowledgeable {that a} case below Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused Krishan Kumar, Ajay Gill and an un-named ASI at VB flying squad police station Mohali and additional investigation was below progress.