Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, on Tuesday has arrested Sunil Kumar, Assistant Manager, posted at State Bank of India branch at Abohar in Fazilka district red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000.
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 Sukhpal Singh, a resident of village Bahavwala in Fazilka district.
He further informed that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the said bank manager had demanded a bribe of Rs 12,000 to forward an insurance claim verification to the insurance company regarding his dead cow whose insurance claim was applied by him.
The spokesperson added that after a preliminary inquiry into this complaint, the VB team laid a trap in which the accused bank manager was arrested red handed while he was taking Rs 10,000 as a first instalment of bribe from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Ferozepur range.