PATWARI IS ARRESTED BY VIGILANCE BUREAU FOR ACCEPTING A RS 4,000 BRIBE.

In the course of its continuing fight against corruption in the state, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) detained Patwari Akshdeep Singh on Wednesday in the district of Pathankot’s revenue halka Doulatpur for allegedly requesting and taking a bribe of Rs 4,000.

An official state VB spokesperson revealed this information here today, stating that the aforementioned Patwari was taken into custody in response to a complaint made by Jagjeet Singh, a resident of the Pathankot district’s hamlet Dhakki.

He added that the complainant had gone to the VB and claimed in his complaint that the accused had asked for Rs 4,000 in exchange for changing the ownership of his ancestral land. Following an initial investigation into this complaint, a VB team trap was set, and the accused was exposed for accepting a Rs 4,000 bribe from the complainant in front of two official witnesses.

According to the spokesperson, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been filed at the Amritsar range’s VB police station against the aforementioned individuals. He indicated that more investigation into this issue was ongoing and that the accused would appear in the appropriate court tomorrow.