Chandigarh, June 15, 2013: State Vigilance Bureau during its ongoing drive against rampant corruption nabbed an Assistant EngineerPanchayats Department red handed accepting bribe of Rs. 10,000 in a corruption case.
Disclosing this here today, Sursh Arora, Chief Director-cum-DGP Vigilance Bureau Punjab said that Bureau has put up its best efforts to eradicate corruption amongst public servants and others in every sphere in the State. In this direction, the Vigilance Bureau caught Pawan Kumar, Assistant EngineerPanchayats Department posted at Block Budhlada district Mansa, demanding and accepting bribe from the complainant Ranjit Singh Sarpanch of village Kulrian, block Budhlada, district Mansa.
He added that the complainant approached the Bureau and alleged that Assistant Engineerwas demanding a bribe of Rs. 10,000 to issue utilisation certificate regarding development grant issued to gram panchayats. After finding the veracity of facts a vigilance team from Vigilance Bureau laid a trap and the accused was nabbed red handed in the presence of two government officials as witnesses. The tainted money was recovered from him. In this regard a vigilance case u/s 7, 13 (1) read with 13 (2) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 at Vigilance Bureau Police Station Bathinda and further investigation was under progress.