PSPCL officer caught taking Rs 30K bribe

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested Jasmel Singh, Junior Engineer, posted at the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Roomi subdivision, in Ludhiana district while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000.

Disclosing this here, an official spokesperson of the state VB, said the PSPCL official had been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Deharka village in Jagraon subdivision.

He said the complainant had approached the VB, alleging that the Junior Engineer had demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 for installing a power connection at his dairy farm.

The spokesperson said after a preliminary verification of the complaint, a team of the VB flying squad laid a trap during which the suspect was caught red-handed accepting Rs 30,000 as bribe from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.

In this regard, a case had been registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the VB flying squad-1 police station, Mohali. The suspect will be produced in a court on Thursday, he said.

Ludhiana