VB nabs Baba Bakala patwari while accepting Rs 10K bribe

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 18

The Vigilance Bureau arrested a patwari red-handed while accepting Rs 10,000 from a farmer for entering his land record in official records.

The accused Jaswinder Singh is posted in Baba Bakala. He had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 to complete the work.

The complainant, Parvezpal Singh of Timmowal village, which falls under Khalchian police station told the police that he he purchased 9 kanals from Narinder Kaur in Timmowal in 2019. He said the registry of the above land was done in August 2019 and inteqal was done in the name of his mother.

He said on November 9, he got a call from Jaswinder that a five-year entry was to be made in the records and he demanded Rs 50,000 for the same.

He said he told Jaswinder that he cannot give so much amount, but the latter did not relent and asked for the bribe amount. Parvezpal said the patwari agreed to take the bribe in instalments.

Following his complaint, the VB laid a trap and nabbed the accused, while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 in the presence of two shadow witnesses. Officials said a case under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Jaswinder.