Chandigarh March 9, 2026:
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Assistant Sub-Inspector Gopal Singh posted at Police Division No. 2 Commissionerate Jalandhar, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 8,000/-.
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 Gandhi Camp, Jalandhar.
He said that the complainant works as an astrologer and the police of Police Station Division No. 2 had arrested his neighbour Vijay Raj alias Pali in a drug case on his complaint. Subsequently, the complainant visited Police Station Division No. 2 along with the sister of Vijay Raj alias Pali and the locality president, where they came to know that a drug case had been registered against Vijay Raj alias Pali.
He further informed that two days later, the accused ASI called the complainant and warned him that if he did not come to the police station and meet him, his name would also be included in the said case. Thereafter, when the complainant’s younger brother Balwant and the locality president Amit Kumar alias Lovely Bhagat met the accused ASI at Police Station Division No. 2, the accused demanded a bribe of Rs. 50,000/- for not implicating the complainant in the case.
Upon the request of the complainant’s younger brother Balwant and Amit Kumar alias Lovely Bhagat, the accused reduced the bribe amount to Rs. 20,000/-. Under compulsion, they paid Rs. 10,000/- to the accused on the spot. However. the accused remained insistent on the remaining bribe of Rs. 10,000/. After they expressed their inability to pay the remaining amount, the accused agreed to accept Rs. 8,000/- at a later stage. Complainant had recorded the conversation regarding the demand for the bribe.
Unwilling to pay any illegal gratification, the complainant approached the Vigilance Bureau range Jalandhar. After a preliminary enquiry on his complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the accused ASI was arrested red handed while accepting bribe money of Rs 8,000/- 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 Jalandhar and further investigation into this case is under progress.
