Punjab Vigilance Bureau has confiscated heroine, poppy husk, sedative tablets, cash and 15 mobiles from the residence of Station House Officer (SHO) of police station Amir Khas in Ferozepur district after he was nabbed red handed during a trap on Monday.
The accused Inspector Sahib Singh was caught on the spot by a vigilance team while he was demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 50,000 from complainant Vijay Kumar of Jalalabad, said Vigilance Bureau spokesperson.
He said that the accused SHO had already received Rs 1.20 lakh from the complainant to release his truck loaded with wheat on sapurdari and was demanding Rs 1 lakh more of which one instalment of Rs 50,000 was being handed over to him but he was nabbed red handed.
In this regard, VB has registered a case against the accused under section 7, 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption act at PSVB Ferozepur.
After the trap, the VB team made searches at his office in Police Station as well as his residence.
Spokesperson revealed that the Vigilance have found Rs 4500 cash, one mobile and two cheques without any date having amount of Rs 1.50 lakh and Rs one lakh were signed by Harpreet Singh.
In addition to this, Rs 20,000 cash was also recovered from the drawer of his table.
Vigilance team was astonished during the recoveries made from his residential quarter, which included 4.8 gram heroine, 580 gram poppy husk, 89 sedative tablets, 7.7 grams narco powder, six bottles of IMFl brand and 15 mobiles phones, said the spokesperson.
Spokesperson said that the Vigilance has registered another case against the accused inspector under section 61 of Punjab Excise Act, Sections 15, 21, 22, 61, 85 of the Narcotice Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act at Jalalabad police station in Fazilka district.