Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Senior Section Engineer Pankaj Bhardwaj posted at Northern Railway, red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000/-.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Ferozepur.
He stated that the complainant had given some money to his known Amit Kumar who is a Railway employee for his personal need. When the complainant didn’t get his money back he filled a Civil suit in Court against Amit Kumar to recover his money regarding which the Ferozepur Court has passed an order to Railways Department directing that 1/3rd of salary of Amit Kumar be deducted and paid to the complainant Hardeep Singh.
Unwilling to pay the illegal gratification, complainant approached the VB Range Ferozepur. Acting on his complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which accused Senior Section Engineer Pankaj Bhardwaj arrested red handed while accepting bribe money of Rs 40,000/- from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses.
In this regard, a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Ferozepur and further investigation into this case is under progress.
