Kapurthala, Oct. 7 -- The vigilance bureau on Tuesday arrested a sub-divisional engineer (SDE) of the water supply and sanitation department red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.30,000 on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Agamjot Singh, posted at the Water Supply Scheme at Chakkoki village in Kapurthala district.

A VB spokesperson said the SDE was arrested while allegedly accepting the first instalment of Rs.30,000 out of the total bribe demand of Rs.1.25 lakh.

The spokesperson said the accused was arrested based on a complaint lodged by a sub-divisional clerk posted in the same department.

VB said the complainant was transferred by Agamjot on October 5.

"As the place of posting was situated at a considerable distan...