The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), in line with the zero-tolerance policy against corruption adopted by the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, has registered a corruption case against police constable Rajinder Kumar (No. 1293/Fazilka), posted at Police Station Abohar city, in Fazilka district, Punjab Home Guard (PHG) volunteer Ravi Kumar, (No. 7064/D) 6th Battalion, and their accomplice, a private person, Sagar Verma, resident of village Dangar Khera, in Fazilka for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000.
In this case Constable Rajinder Kumar and his accomplice Sagar Verma have been arrested and VB teams searching for the third accused. Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the VB said this case has been registered against both the personnel and their middleman following an investigation into a complaint lodged by Vijay Kumar, a resident of Dhani Karnail Singh in tehsil Abohar on the Chief Minister’s Anti-Corruption Action Line.
According to the complaint, these police personnel had demanded a bribe of Rs 2,00,000 to release an accused named Jaidev of village Nihal Khera who was known to the complainant and involved in a narcotics case. Later the said Constable and PHG agreed to accept Rs 1,20,000 as bribe for this motive.
The complainant further alleged that the accused PHG volunteer had taken Rs 25,000 from three persons involved in this case. The complainant had recorded the conversation between the accused officials and private person with him in this regard and handed over to the VB as an evidence.
The spokesperson further informed that during the investigation, recordings submitted by the complainant confirmed that the aforementioned accused had demanded and received the bribe money from the complainant. This evidence established that both the officials and their middleman were colluded with each other in demanding and taking the bribe amount.
Based on this report, a case has been registered against all the three accused under prevention of corruption act at the VB Police Station, Ferozpur range. Further investigation into this case was under progress. Efforts are also underway to arrest the other accused, PHG Ravi Kumar, soon, he said.