{"id":60017,"date":"2026-02-09T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=60017"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:35:00","slug":"vigilance-bureau-nabs-11-persons-red-handed-in-8-bribery-cases-during-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/vigilance-bureau-nabs-11-persons-red-handed-in-8-bribery-cases-during-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigilance Bureau nabs 11 persons red handed in 8 bribery cases during January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\">PunjabENews<\/a>:<\/span> The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing crusade against corruption in the state, has been able to apprehend 10 government officials and one private person red handed while accepting bribes in 8 different trap cases during the month of January.<\/p>\n<p>Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the VB has put up its best efforts to eradicate corruption amongst public servants and others in every sphere during the period.<\/p>\n<p>He informed that the Bureau had submitted challans pertaining to 24 vigilance cases in various competent courts in the last month. Apart from this, 4 vigilance enquiries have also been registered to thoroughly probe the corruption cases. He added that 12 criminal cases were also registered against 16 accused which include 11 government employees.<\/p>\n<p>Giving more details, he added that different competent courts had decided seven bribery cases filed and contested by the Bureau during the last month, in which eleven persons were convicted and sentenced to 4-4 years imprisonment and fine ranging from Rs. 10,000\/- to 50,000\/-.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PunjabENews: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing crusade against corruption in the state, has been able to apprehend 10 government officials and one private person red handed while accepting bribes in 8 different trap cases during the month of January. 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