The officials of the state vigilance department have arrested two employees of Amritsar Improvement Trust (AIT) for allegedly accepting ₹ 25,000 as bribe from a trader on the pretext of showing him official documents related to the purchase of his house.
The accused, who were caught red-handed while accepting the bribe, have been identified as Dinesh Khanna, who is working as a clerk at the trust office, and one Navdeep Singh, who was acting as a private dealer. Both the accused have been booked under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act.
Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Vigilance-Amritsar, Varinder Singh Sandhu said one Kawaljit Singh of Ranjeet Avenue, who is working as a dry fruit trader in Amritsar, had approached them with a complaint against the arrested accused.
Kawaljit had purchased a house worth ₹ 90 lakh from Kanwardlip Singh and found the record of the house with AIT as correct. Around two months ago, two men claiming themselves agents of a bank came to Kawaljit’s house and told him that there has been a loan of ₹ 60 lakh on the house, the official said.
When Kawaljit wanted to re-check the record of the house from the AIT, the accused demanded ₹ 50,000 as bribe, which was later fixed at ₹ 25,000. Dinesh then ensured Kawaljit to provide the copies of the record of the house through his men, Sandhu said.
{{/usCountry}}When Kawaljit wanted to re-check the record of the house from the AIT, the accused demanded ₹ 50,000 as bribe, which was later fixed at ₹ 25,000. Dinesh then ensured Kawaljit to provide the copies of the record of the house through his men, Sandhu said.
{{/usCountry}}The SSP said that on the basis of the complaint, “a trap was laid by a team led-by deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jogeshwar Singh and both the accused were arrested red-handed in the presence of government witnesses,” the SSP said.
He said they have got two-day remand of the accused from a local court.