CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, has arrested Hardeep Singh, Lineman, PSPCL, posted at Sub-Division Jastarwal, Amritsar district for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15000.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above said accused has been arrested based on a complaint filed by a resident of village Muhara, tehsil Lopoke in Amritsar district on the Chief Minister’s Anti Corruption Action Line.
The complainant had alleged that electricity transformer installed in his fields had fell down during the recent storms but the said accused lineman had demanded an illegal gratification of Rs 15, 000 in return for carrying out the said work.