Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed a police inspector and constable posted in state Excise Department red-handed accepting bribe.
Chief Director-cum-DGP Vigilance Bureau Suresh Arora, said the Vigilance Bureau caught police inspector Ranjit Singh and constable Hardip Singh, posted in Excise Department district Jalandhar, demanding and accepting bribe from the complainant Jinderpal of village Palliwali, Nakodar for implicating him falsely in under excise act.
Arora said the complainant approached the Bureau and alleged that both the accused police officials have raided his house without any official duty and nothing was found from his premises. Despite that, they were demanding a bribe of Rs5,000 for not to book him in an excise case.
“After finding the veracity of facts, a vigilance team led by DSP Vigilance Bureau Jalandhar, Satpal, laid a trap and both the accused were nabbed red handed near Railway Station Nakodar in the presence of two Government officials as witnesses,” said he.
The tainted money was recovered from them. In this regard a case has been registered and further investigation was under progress.