CHANDIGARH /JALANDHAR
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has registered a corruption case against two officials of the Excise and Taxation Department, Punjab posted at Kapurthala Jatinder Pal Singh, Inspector, and Sanjeev Malhotra, Clerk for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 and were demanding Rs 20,000 more. In this case, Inspector Jatinderpal Singh has been arrested.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said this case has been registered against the above-mentioned accused based on a complaint lodged by Neeraj Sharma, a resident of Mohalla Kiampura, Kapurthala City on the Chief Minister's Anti-Corruption Action Line.
The complainant had informed in his complaint that he is running an electronic shop at Kiampura in Kapurthala city and had sold a cooler in March to which both the accused had intervened to settle the dispute with the customer. He further alleged that both the accused had asked him on his mobile phone to come with his accountant in the office where they demanded a bribe of Rs 45,000 from him to settle irregularities of said bill.
The complainant mentioned that after this, Clerk Sanjiv Malhotra had demanded a bribe of Rs one lakh on a WhatsApp call, but the deal was struck at Rs 30000. He had taken Rs 10000 as the first instalment on next day and now they were demanding Rs 20000, a balance of bribe money. The complainant recorded a conversation on the phone with the accused and submitted it to the VB as evidence.
A case under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 384, 120-B of IPC has been registered at VB police station Jalandhar range.