A team of Vigilance department of Chandigarh on Tuesday evening arrested an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) of Haryana police red handed while accepting bribe of Rupees 1 lakh on the behalf of a Station House Officer (SHO) of Kaithal, to favour in a case registered against a Chandigarh resident.
A team of Vigilance department on the complaint of a Chandigarh resident, laid down a trap near leisure valley sector 10, to arrest the accused ASI namely Jagdish Ram, posted in security at the residence of CM Haryana at Chandigarh.
“Jagdish, during investigation accepted that he came to take the bribe on the behalf of Jatinder Kumar, posted as SHO at Kaithal. Jatinder had demanded the bribe money from a Chandigarh resident namely Gurmeet Singh (Complainant), for allegedly proving him favour in few cases registered against him in Haryana police.” Said Gurjeet Kaur, Investigating officer, Vigilance department.
She further added that the accused also accepted that the deal of providing favour to Gurmeet was set on rupees 13 lakh between the SHO and Gurmeet. Out of the total bribe amount, Gurmeet earlier has already given 5 lakh of bribe money which was forwarded to Jatinder kumar.”
The matter came in the light of Chandigarh police department when a the complainant, Gurmeet Singh complained to vigilance department about both the accused ASI and SHO. “The accused ASI has been arrested by Chandigarh police, who will be produced in court on Wednesday where we will demand for remand to get more details in the case.” Said Gurjeet Kaur.