Vigilance Bureau arrests PSPCL Lineman taking Rs 10000 bribe

Chandigarh, April 2:

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday, arrested Jasveer Singh, a Lineman with Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), posted at PSPCL's North division in Patiala and residing in Jhill village of the district, red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.

Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the VB said the PSPCL official has been arrested based on a complainant lodged by a resident of Patiala.

He further added that the complainant had approached the VB after the said accused Jasveer Singh had demanded bribe to install a new domestic electricity meter at his home.

The spokesperson informed that after preliminary verification of his complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the aforementioned accused was apprehended red handed while he was accepting the bribe of Rs 10000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. The VB personnel recovered the bribe money from his possession. In this regard an ase has been registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act at VB police station Patiala Range. Further investigations are ongoing to ascertain if more persons were involved in the case, he said.