The vigilance bureau (VB) caught a junior engineer (JE) employed with the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) red-handed while accepting bribe of ₹20,000.
Disclosing details of the case, an official spokesperson of the vigilance bureau said Paviter Singh, a junior engineer posted at the PSPCL Beeja subdivision in Ludhiana district, was nabbed red-handed following the complaint of Paramjeet Singh, a resident of Guru Harkrishan Nagar of Malerkotla.
The complainant had approached the VB and alleged that the said JE was demanding ₹50,000 for installation of his electricity meter, but the deal was later struck at ₹40,000.
After verifying the matter, a vigilance team laid a trap and the accused JE was arrested on the spot while accepting bribe of ₹20,000 as the first instalment from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses.
He further said that a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused junior engineer at the VB’s Ludhiana police station and further investigation was going on.