ASI arrested on corruption charges

Amritsar, July 16

The Vigilance Department has arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector and chowki in charge of the Kahangarh police chowki for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a woman complainant.

The ASI was identified as Harjinder Singh and a case under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him.

Ketan Baliram Patil, SSP, Vigilance, in a statement issued here said that Sukhwant Kaur, wife of Balbir Singh of Attari, lodged a complaint with the department that Megha Singh, son of Gurbachan Singh of her village, had lodged a complaint against her husband with the Gharinda police.

She alleged that the ASI Harjinder Singh was threatening to register a case against him and demanded Rs 5,000 as bribe to conclude the investigations in his favour. Following this, a trap was laid and Harjinder Singh was arrested in the presence of government witnesses, Sandeep Grover and Rajiv Kumar. He was arrested accepting the bribe red-handed.

Patil said further investigations in the case were under progress. — TNS