State Vigilance Bureau of Punjab on Saturday nabbed a member of Punjab State SC Commission, Babu Singh Panjawa red handed while accepting bribe of Rs 50,000.
An official spokesperson of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau said Panjawa was nabbed red handed on the complaint of Major Singh, resident of village Dhaula, district Barnala. He added that a native of village Dhaula, Gurjant Singh had submitted a written complaint to the State SC Commission against Major Singh under SC Act for uttering castiest words to him and the same was being probed by the accused Babu Singh.
The spokesperson said complainant Major Singh approached the Bureau and informed that Babu Singh was demanding bribe of Rs 5 lakh for giving decision in his favour on this complaint but the matter was settled to give Rs 250,000 for the same. The complainant informed the Bureau that he has already paid Rs 250,000 to the SC Commission member on Octover 22 to exonerate him from the false allegations levelled against him but was demanding Rs 50,000 more to hand over the copy of verdict.
The Spokesman informed that after verifying his information, the Vigilance team laid a trap and the accused Babu Singh Panjawa was caught red handed at lambi, Sri Muktsar Sahib district while accepting the bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
A a case under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Babu Singh at police station VB Ferozepur and further investigations was under progress.