Vigilance Bureau apprehends SHO’s gunman accepting Rs 30000 bribe

Co-accused SHO escapes arrest during trap

Chandigarh, January 22, 2025 - The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, has arrested a police Constable Kindar Singh, a gunman of SHO of police station Garhshankar, in Hoshiarpur district for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 30000. In this case co-accused SHO Baljinder Singh Malhi escaped from the scene evading his arrest.

          Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said this case has been registered against the aforementioned police official on a complaint lodged by Hardeep Kaur, a resident of Nangal sub-division in Rupnagar district.

          He further informed that the said complaint has approached the VB complaining that the said accused has demanded Rs one lakh on behalf of SHO Inspector Baljinder Singh Malhi for not involving her brother in the narcotics case who along with others had been arrested in a quarrel by the police. She further informed that after her plea the police personnel has agreed to take Rs 50000 for this motive.

          The spokesperson further added that after a preliminary enquiry into this complaint a VB team from Hoshiarpur unit laid a trap during which the said police personnel was caught red handed while he was receiving a bribe of Rs 30000 from the complainant on behalf of SHO in the presence of two official witnesses. During this trap SHO Baljinder Singh Malhi escaped from the scene evading his arrest. In this regard a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against both the accused at VB police station Jalandhar range. The accused would be produced in the competent court tomorrow and further investigation into this case was under progress, he said.

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