Amritsar ASI lands in VB net for taking bribe

The Vigilance Bureau has arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Satnam Singh posted at the Islamabad police station on charges of corruption here on Monday.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered with the Vigilance Bureau here in Amritsar.

He was arrested following a complaint filed by Inderjit Singh, a resident of New Kot Mit Singh, located in Bhai Manj road area here. The police have recovered bribe money to the tune of Rs 90,000 from him.

Inderjeet Singh told the police that his close friend Paras Mehta of 88-foot street near the Majitha road was a financial advisor and had invested the money of one Sunil Kumar in share market. The share market crashed and this caused a loss of Rs 2 lakh to Sunil Kumar.

In this regard, he called him home where Sunil Kumar and his friends got four blank cheques signed from him and also got an affidavit of Rs 6 lakh signed from him and later filed a fraud complaint against him at the Islamabad police station.

Paras Mehta also filed a complaint against Sunil Kumar with the city police.

The complaint filed by Sunil Kumar was marked to ASI Satnam Singh for verification who contacted Paras Mehta and said that he will get his complaint marked to him and demanded a bribe of Rs 90,000 to sort out his case.

ASI Satnam Singh demanded Rs 20,000 as the first instalment. The complainant did not want to pay the bribe and therefore lodged a complaint with the Vigilance Bureau. Subsequently, the accused was caught red-handed while accepting the first instalment of Rs 20,000 in the presence of government witnesses and the said FIR in the case was registered against the aforesaid accused ASI.