Pathankot, July 26: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau apprehended one Jatinder Kumar, posted as Junior Engineer-cum-Building Inspector in the Pathankot Municipal Corporation, for reportedly taking Rs 1 lakh as bribe.
It said the action was taken after receiving a complaint from one Rashpal Singh, a resident of Bharoli Kalan village in Gurdaspur district wherein complainant mentioned that the accused had demanded Rs 1 lakh as bribe for not reporting about his agricultural land as part of an illegal colony.
It added that after preliminary inquiry of this complaint the VB team laid a trap and the accused was caught red-handed accepting Rs1,00,000 in the presence of two official witnesses.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered at the VB police station, Amritsar range.
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