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The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its anti corruption campaign in the state, on Friday arrested revenue Patwari Jagjit Singh, Halka Kalyan Sukha, District Bathinda for accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000.
Giving this information here today, an official spokesperson of the VB said the above accused has been arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by Kuldeep Singh, a resident of village Kalyan Sukha, district Bathinda.
He informed that the complainant approached the vigilance and alleged that about 6 acres of arable land at village Kalyan Sukha belongs to the joint account and he wanted to transfer 2 kanals of land belonging to him to the other party. In this regard, Patwari Jagjit Singh and his private associate Beant Singh demanded a bribe of Rs 12,000 from him in lieu of doing this work, but after insisting, the deal was settled for Rs 10,000. The complainant further told that a few days ago, the same Patwari had already taken a bribe of Rs. 10,000 from him to get loan clearance certificate for this land.
The spokesman added that after the preliminary investigation of this complaint, the VB Unit Bathinda laid a trap and nabbed Patwari Jagjit Singh red-handed in the presence of two official witnesses while taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant. Efforts are being made to arrest the co-accused Beant Singh. In this regard a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the both the accused at Vigilance Bureau, police station, Bathinda Range and further investigation was under progress
The accused has been arrested in a case FIR No 16 dated 27/12/23 registered under section 25 of the Arms Act at Police Station State Crime in SAS Nagar.
