Vigilance arrests panchayat secretary, books block development officer for taking bribe
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) arrested a Panchayat Secretary posted in Kurda block for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.
The accused has been identified as Avneet Singh Bajwa.
The Block Development and Panchayats Officer (BDPO) Mohali Dhanwant Singh has been booked as a co-accused in the case
A complaint had been filed by a Sarpanch against both the officials.
The complainant had informed the VB that the BDPO and Panchayat Secretary had demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 for issuing utilisation certificates (UC) of grants used for the development works executed in the gram panchayat from the year 2018-2023.
After preliminary verification of this complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the accused has been arrested allegedly red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.
A case under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act and under section 61(2) of BNS has been registered against both the accused at VB police station.
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