Ludhiana: Assistant sub-inspector, aide held for accepting Rs 20,000 bribe
The accused ASI had demanded Rs 1,40,000 and agreed at Rs 60,000.
The accused ASI had demanded Rs 1,40,000 and agreed at Rs 60,000.
An official spokesperson of the VB said the arrest has been made after the investigation in the first information report (FIR) on 21 February 2023 under Sections 406, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 384, 120-B of IPC registered at Police Station Punjab State Crime, SAS Nagar.
The nabbed officer has been identified as Rohit Sharma alias Rohit Kumar who is a clerk posted at SDM Malerkotla.
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The trio had demanded Rs 15,000 per month from a hotelier as a bribe to run a hotel business smoothly.
The accused official has been arrested on the complaint of Dinkar Singh of Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda district.
A VB team from economic offences wing Ludhiana range laid a trap and the accused Forest Guard was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 as a bribe from the complainant.
All of the, were booked in a case related to transfer of an industrial plot to a realtor company and allowing it to establish township by cutting plots.
The complainant had approached the VB and alleged that the excise officials were demanding a bribe of Rs 15 lakh in lieu of writing off fine imposed on his firm during a survey conducted by the department but deal was struck at Rs 12 lakh.
The complainant has further alleged that the above-mentioned ASI has told him that he would share a monthly bribe with driver Piyush Anand and department officials.
