Patwari demands Rs.30k bribe for mutation, held
Barnala, Oct. 17 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Friday arrested a patwari for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.30,000 from a Barnala resident to execute mutation of his land.
The accused, Manish Kumar, is posted at the Tapa revenue office in Barnala district.
An official spokesperson of the bureau said the complainant, a resident of Bhotna village in Tapa tehsil, Barnala, approached the VB Range Patiala, alleging that Kumar demanded illegal gratification of Rs.30,000.
Acting on his complaint, a VB team laid a trap and caught Kumar red-handed while accepting bribe money from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the accused at the VB police station in Patiala and further investigation into this case is under progress.
Bribe demands can be reported directly to the Punjab Chief Minister's Anti-Corruption Action Line at 95012-00200. HTC...
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