Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing crusade against corruption in the state, has been able to apprehend 6 government officials and 2 private persons red handed while accepting bribes in 6 different trap cases during the month of September.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the VB has put up its best efforts to eradicate corruption amongst public servants and others in every sphere during the period.
He informed that the Bureau had submitted challans pertaining to 23 vigilance cases in various competent courts in the last month. Besides, one Vigilance enquiry has also been registered to thorughly probe the corruption case. He added that 4 criminal cases were also registered against 8 accused which include 7 government employees. One disproportionate asset case was also registered against a government employee.
Giving more details, he added that different competent courts have decided four bribery cases filed and contested by the Bureau during the last month, in which six persons were convicted and sentenced ranging from 2 to 5 years imprisonment and fine ranging from Rs. 5,000/- to Rs. 25,000/- .