VB arrests ATO for taking Rs 20K bribe

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Updated At : 02:49 PM Mar 22, 2024 IST

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Amritsar, March 21

The Vigilance Bureau (VB), Punjab, on Thursday arrested Munish Kumar, Assistant Treasury Officer (ATO), here for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe to clear a pension case.

Disclosing this, an official spokesperson for the state VB said the accused has been arrested following a complaint lodged by Naresh Dogra, a resident of Bazaar Narsingh here.

He said the complainant approached the VB while alleging that Munish Kumar was demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000 for passing his pension case. He further added that after the preliminary investigation of this complaint a trap was laid by a VB team and the accused was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 10,000 as a bribe.

He said a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused who would be produced in a court.

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