Vigilance Bureau nabs Senior Assistant red handed accepting bribe of Rs 1 Lakh

August 5, 2026

Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Senior Assistant Bhupinder Kaur posted at RIA branch, DC Office, SAS Nagar, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. one lakh.

Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of village Chit tehsil Batala, district Gurdaspur.

He informed that the accused Senior Assistant demanded a bribe of Rs. 8,00,000/- from the complainant in lieu of providing him an auction plot at the Sky Rock Welfare Society, Sector 111/112, Mohali.

Unwilling to pay the illegal gratification, the complainant approached the VB Flying Squad -1 SAS Nagar. Acting on his complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the accused Senior Assistant was arrested red-handed while accepting bribe money of Rs one lakh from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.

In this regard, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused at VB police station, SAS Nagar, and further investigation into this case is in progress.