Haryana: Over Rs 11522 cr paid to farmers against purchase of paddy, millet
Out of 49,79,172 MT paddy arrived in mandis, 48,57,405 MT has been procured.
Haryana Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has caught an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Ravinder and a tout Atamjeet aka Mittu for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000.
ACB has also booked ASI Baljinder Singh posted at Police Surya Nagar in the case. Disclosing this on Monday, a spokesperson of the ACB said both accused ASI Ravinder who was posted as incharge Police Post Surya Nagar and tout Atamjeet have been arrested on a complaint of Krishan Kumar, a resident of Surya Nagar, Hisar.
Kumar , the complainant, had approached the ACB and alleged the accused ASI Baljinder Singh was demanding Rs 50,000 as a bribe for extracting the call details in a forgery case. He alleged Rs 10,000 was already taken by ASI Ravinder. On behalf of police officials, the tout again demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000.
After verifying the complaint, an ACB team laid a trap and arrested the accused ASI Ravinder and Atamjeet, tout in the presence of an independent witness while accepting Rs 8,000 as a bribe from the complainant. The team also recovered the bribe money from them.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against all three accused at ACB police station Hisar.
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