Kapurthala, Sept. 30 -- The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested a junior engineer posted in the Kapurthala education department for accepting a bribe of Rs.4,000 from a schoolteacher.

The accused, identified as Harjit Singh, was arrested following a complaint from the teacher, posted at Government School, Dhaliwal Dona, in Kapurthala district, a VB spokesperson said.

He stated that the complainant alleged that Harjit demanded a bribe of Rs.10,000 for issuing a completion certificate in respect of a Rs.40-lakh grant utilised by the school. Of the demanded amount, the accused had already taken Rs.2,000. The complainant also submitted a recording of the conversation with the accused as evidence.

The spokesperson said after preliminary veri...