Ludhiana, Oct. 28 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Wednesday arrested an inspector posted at the Ludhiana municipal corporation's Zone-B office after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000 to facilitate the transfer of ancestral property in the names of a complainant and his brothers.

The accused, identified as inspector Shubham, was apprehended following a complaint lodged by a resident of Ajit Nagar, who accused the civic official of demanding illegal gratification to process the property transfer.

According to a VB spokesperson, the complainant had submitted the requisite documents at the MC's Zone-B office to have his ancestral property transferred in his and his brothers' names following their father's ...