Head constable booked for taking Rs 17K bribe

The Vigilance Bureau (VB), Ludhiana, registered a corruption case against Ranjit Singh, head constable (HC), posted at the Kanganwal police post in the district for receiving a bribe of Rs 17,800.

Disclosing this here on Monday, an official spokesperson for the state VB said the case was registered against the policeman following an inquiry of an online complaint filed by Indra Parsad, a resident of New Satguru Nagar, Sahnewal road, here, on the Chief Ministers’ anti Corruption Action Line.

He said the complainant had a dispute with someone regarding the sale of a shop and the moharrair head constable (MHC), Ram Murti, had called him to the police post but afterwards Ranjit Singh put him in the lock-up.

According to the complaint, the suspect had took Rs 800 from his pocket and set him free. Afterwards, he took Rs 10,000 in cash and Rs 7,000 as bribe through Google Pay.

The spokesperson said during verification of the complaint, the allegations levelled by the complainant were found correct as the same were supported by oral, audio and documentary evidence.

Subsequently, a case was registered against the suspect under the Prevention of Corruption Act. During further probe, the role of ASI Mewa Singh, ASI Ram Murti and the SHO concerned would be probed, he said.