Vigilance Bureau arrests ASI for taking Rs 3,500 bribe, Demanded Rs 10,000 more to file chargesheet

Vigilance Bureau arrests ASI for taking Rs 3,500 bribe, Demanded Rs 10,000 more to file chargesheet

Chandigarh, March 10 – The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has arrested Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Kulwinder Singh, posted at Police Station City, Kapurthala, for accepting a bribe of Rs 3,500 and demanding an additional Rs 10,000.

Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the VB stated that the said police official was arrested following an online complaint lodged by a resident of Kapurthala on the Chief Minister’s Anti-Corruption Action Line.

The spokesperson further added that the complainant had informed the VB that he had got registered a police case  at the said police station. ASI Kulwinder Singh, the investigating officer in the case, had demanded a bribe in exchange for submitting the chargesheet in the court. The accused had also contacted the complainant via mobile phone, instructing him to pay the amount to proceed with the chargesheet submission.

During the investigation, the allegations were substantiated, confirming that the ASI had already taken Rs 3,500 and was demanding an additional Rs 10,000. Following this, he was arrested and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him at the VB Police Station, Jalandhar Range. Further investigation into the case is underway, he added.