- विज्ञापन -
Ludhiana: The Vigilance Bureau (VB), on Thursday, arrested Nirdosh Kaur, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Women Cell Ludhiana and her Reader Beant Singh while attempting to take Rs 30,000 as a bribe. According to VB officials, both police personnel have been arrested based on a complaint lodged by Pritpal Kumar, a resident of village Goudha, in Bathinda district.
The official said that the complainant approached the VB and recorded his statement that five years ago his maternal nephew Ashwani Kumar got solemnised marriage with a girl belonging to Ludhiana. After marriage relations of became strained and his wife moved complaint against him at Women Cell Ludhiana.
The complainant further alleged that during enquiry proceedings of this complaint, above said accused Beant Singh, Reader, had introduced him with a woman ACP. “After this meeting, the Reader told the complainant that if he wanted to dispose off the complaint against Ashwani Kumar, then he had to give a bribe of Rs one lakh but on repeated requests of the complainant, the Reader agreed to get the work done by taking bribe amount of Rs 60,000”, he added.
The complainant further alleged that on 29.07.2024, the said Reader had taken Rs 30,000 in the presence of ACP as a first instalment and asked to pay the remaining amount on 01.08.2024. The complainant has recorded the demand and acceptance of said bribe money of Rs 30,000 by the Reader and ACP which was handed over to the VB as an evidence.
The spokesperson informed that after a preliminary enquiry of this complaint the VB police station, Ludhiana range has registered under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 61(2) of the BNS Act against both the accused. Subsequently, a trap was laid by the VB team in which both the accused were arrested while attempting to take a second instalment of bribe money of Rs 30,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard further investigation into this case was under and the accused would be produced in the competent court tomorrow, he said.
