The Vigilance Bureau has arrested an assistant sub-inspector for demanding ₹20,000 bribe to lodge a dowry harassment case against a woman’s NRI husband.
The accused, Saudagar Singh, is deputed with Ludhiana police’s NRI wing.
He was nabbed on the complaint of Gurcharan Singh of Ram Nagar.
Gurcharan approached the bureau stating that his daughter had married a Canada-based NRI in February 2020, and soon after, he and his family had started harassing her for dowry.
He had filed a complaint to the additional director general of police (ADGP, NRI wing) in this regard, and an inquiry was marked to the NRI wing that forwarded the case to ASI Saudagar.
However, to lodge an FIR against the NRI and his family members, the ASI demanded a bribe of ₹25,000, Gurcharan alleged. A deal was settled at ₹20,000, to be paid in two instalments of ₹10,000 each, following which Gurcharan approached the economic offence wing of Vigilance Bureau.
The wing’s SSP, Amarjit Singh Bajwa, said they laid a trap at the NRI wing on Monday and nabbed the ASI red-handed as he accepted ₹10,000, which was recovered from his pocket.
{{/usCountry}}The wing’s SSP, Amarjit Singh Bajwa, said they laid a trap at the NRI wing on Monday and nabbed the ASI red-handed as he accepted ₹10,000, which was recovered from his pocket.
{{/usCountry}}The accused was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He was produced before a court on Tuesday and sent to two-day police custody for questioning.
TAINT ON KHAKI
February 25: The Vigilance Bureau arrested ASI Tarsem Singh, deputed at Division Number 8 police station, for accepting a bribe of ₹1,500 for serving non-bailable warrants, issued by a court, to the accused in a cheque bounce case
January 16: An ASI at the Salem Tabri station was arrested for accepting bribe from an employee of a chemist shop in the jurisdiction of another police station. The ASI had accused the employee of selling intoxicant pills and capsules to addicts and demanded ₹50,000 as bribe
August 4, 2020: ASI Jaswinder Singh was nabbed while accepting ₹10,000 in bribe from an accused in an assault case to give him a clean chit
July 19: A head constable deputed at the Ludhiana Central Jail was arrested for supplying narcotics to inmates. During a special checking, he was found carrying eight packets of tobacco in his shoes
July 18: The Division Number 2 police arrested a constable for duping a gas agency’s delivery man
July 17: Head constable Surinder Kumar, deputed at Kanganwal police post, was arrested for changing a drug case’s FIR in exchange for ₹50,000