Punjab VB arrests accomplice of Patwari taking Rs.3000 bribe for mutation of land

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, on Monday, has arrested a private person Gurpreet Singh, a resident of village Nijampur, tehsil Payal, who is working as agent (Karinda) of Patwari Jeet Singh of Halqua Payal, for accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000.

Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above mentioned person has been arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by Amrinder Singh, a resident of village Nijampur, in tehsil Payal, district Ludhiana.

He further informed that the above said complainant has approached the VB and alleged that said Patwari has demanded Rs 5,000 for registering mutation (Inteqal) of his ancestral land in revenue records but the deal has been struck at Rs 3,000.

The spokesperson informed that after a preliminary verification of this complaint the VB team laid a trap in which the above said private person was caught red handed outside the Patwarkhana Payal while accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000 on behalf of Patwari from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. Efforts are being made to arrest the main accused Patwari.

He added that in this regard a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused at VB Police Station, Ludhiana Range. The accused would be produced in the competent court tomorrow and further investigation into this case was under progress, he said.