The Vigilance Bureau has arrested Amritpal Singh, an accountant with the PSPCL Division in Gurdaspur, for accepting a bribe of ₹15,000; a case has been registered against him at the Vigilance Bureau Police Station in Amritsar.
The matter pertains to the arrears of a retired Junior Engineer from the department, specifically regarding his Dearness Allowance and pay fixation. It is alleged that for the past year and a half, the accused accountant had been harassing the complainant—the retired engineer—and demanding a bribe of ₹15,000 in exchange for releasing his outstanding dues. The complainant recorded the entire conversation regarding the bribe demand and subsequently approached the Vigilance Bureau, Amritsar Range.
Acting on the complaint, the Vigilance team laid a trap and, in the presence of two official witnesses, arrested the accused, Amritpal Singh, on the spot while he was accepting the ₹15,000 from the complainant; an investigation into the matter has since commenced.
