Finally, corruption case filed against Patti police station cop

After the corruption charge against an ASI raised in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha session put the state government in a tight spot, a case of corruption registered against Mukh Munshi (Senior Constable) Prabhjit Singh of Patti city police station has put the district police in an embarrassing situation. The senior constable in question Prabhjit Singh has been booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on Monday on the complaint of an elderly woman Kans Kaur, a resident of Ward 18, Miran Wali Basti, Patti.

The complainant in her grievance alleged that Mukh Munshi Prabhjit Singh along with his other colleagues entered her house on August 27 without any court orders or search warrant and took away her son Deepak Kumar and also cash to the tune of Rs 10,000, two mobiles and a motorcycle forcibly. The woman said that the cash and other items have not been returned to her till now. The victim woman alleged that the Patti city police demanded Rs 20,000 to release her son.

It is written in the FIR that the woman failed to produce any documents to prove her allegation of demand for bribery of Rs 20,000. DSP, Patti, Kanwalpreet Singh, when contacted, said that the woman’s son who was detained has been freed and added that the allegation of the woman levelled in her complaint is under investigation. The performance of the Patti city and Patti Sadar police stations have been clouded by controversies very often.