VB nabs Jr Engineer accepting Rs 5K bribe

he Vigilance Bureau (VB), Ludhiana, today arrested a junior engineer (JE) of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Manoj Kumar, red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000.

Ludhiana VB SSP Ravinderpal Singh Sandhu stated that the case was registered based on a complaint filed by a resident of New Amar Nagar, Daba, Ludhiana. The complainant, who runs a welding shop, stated that his wife had purchased a two-storey house at New Amar Nagar, where he intended to set up a small factory on the ground floor, requiring a 10 KW commercial electricity meter.

The SSP added that according to the complaint, he submitted an application for the new meter at the PSPCL office in Janta Nagar, Ludhiana, and deposited the required fee. Fifteen days later, JE Manoj Kumar visited the site and took Rs 3,000 from him for “miscellaneous expenses”. He then demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000.

Upon the complainant’s request, the JE agreed to accept an advance payment of Rs 5,000 with the remaining amount to be paid after the installation. When the JE called the complainant to the office for payment, he was nabbed by the team there.