In its ongoing crackdown on corruption, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) today arrested Rajwant Kaur, Reader to DDPO Jalandhar. She demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000/- from a complainant resident of village Dhadda, district Jalandhar.
Disclosing this a spokesperson of VB said that an enquiry was conducted of a complaint submitted by complainant, Sarpanch of village Dhadda. The enquiry established that the Dharamshala constructed in village Dhadda had been taken into possession by the Balmik Committee, following which the Gram Panchayat filed a case before the DDPO. Jalandhar.
During investigation, it came to light that Rajwant Kaur, who remained posted as Reader to the DDPO Jalandhar during that time, demanded a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from the complainant for securing a favourable order in the Dharamshala case. She received the bribe amount of Rs. 50,000 from the complainant and other witnesses.
The act of receiving money was video-recorded. Based on the enquiry and evidence, a case has been registered under the relevant sections against the accused Rajwant Kaur in Vigilance Bureau Range Police Station Jalandhar and further investigation is underway.