Chandigarh: State Vigilance Bureau arrested a Junior Engineer (JE) of PSPCL and his agent for accepting bribe of Rs. 8000.
Disclosing this here an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said JE Jaswinder Kumar posted at PSPCL Sub Division Mukandpur, SBS Nagar and a private person Joga Nand were arrested on the complaint of Pawanjeet Singh Sidhu of Village Gunachor in SBS Nagar district.
The complaint has approached the VB and alleged that the above said JE was demanding Rs. 10,000 for the installation of domestic power connection and the deal was struck on Rs. 8000.
After verifying his information, Vigilance team laid a trap and the accused JE and a private person arrested on the spot while accepting bribe of Rs. 8,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
He informed that a case under of Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the above said accused at VB police station Jalandhar and further investigations were under progress.