Hoshiarpur: PSPCL JE caught accepting Rs 15k bribe

A team of the Vigilance Bureau has arrested a Junior Engineer of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.

A spokesperson of the VB said a complainant, a resident of village Sikri, had approached the Vigilance and said the JE Baljit Singh, posted at PSPCL Sub-Station Kandhala Jattan, had demanded Rs 20,000 for installing a new transformer to rectify the power supply load in his village. On his request, the deal was settled for Rs 15,000.

The spokesperson further said after verifying the complaint, a Vigilance team of Jalandhar Range laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses.

A case has been registered against the JE under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Vigilance Bureau Police Station, Jalandhar Range. The accused will be produced before the court tomorrow.