Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Friday nabbed Market Committee Secretary “red-handed” while accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe.
“Bureau caught market committee secretary Dalbir Singh posted at village Dhoodhan Sadha in Patiala district demanding and accepting bribe from a commission agent of grain market Devigarh Harbans Singh for relaxing some fees in auction process,” said VB Chief Director-cum-DGP Suresh Arora.
He added that the complainant approached the Bureau alleging that Dalbir was demanding bribe.“After finding the veracity of facts, a Vigilance team led by DSP Vigilance Birbal Singh laid a trap and the accused is nabbed red-handed in the presence of two Government officials as witnesses,” he added. A Vigilance case under Sections 7, 13 read with 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, has been registered at VB police station Patiala and further investigation was under progress.