Vigilance Bureau Punjab.

Vigilance Bureau Punjab

Vigilance Bureau apprehends ASI red-handed taking Rs 30,000 bribe.

Chandigarh September 29, 2025 –
As part of its efforts to combat corruption in the state, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) detained Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Baljinder Singh on Monday as he was receiving a Rs 30,000 bribe. Singh was assigned as an Investigating Officer at Police Station Lalru in the district of SAS Nagar.
The aforementioned police officers were detained in response to a complaint filed by a resident of the village of Channa Gulab Singh Wala, district Bathinda, who is currently residing in Gillco Valley, Kharar, in SAS Nagar district, according to a state VB official spokeswoman who made the announcement today.
He went on to say that the complainant had come to the VB with a complaint alleging that ASI had asked a bribe of Rs 1,30,000 from him while looking into a case that had been filed against him at the Lalru police station under sections 406 and 420 of the IPC. The bribe was demanded in exchange for undue favours in the investigation, which included releasing the complainant’s car that the accused officer had taken into possession of but that was not listed on the record, conducting a lenient investigation going forward, and avoiding recovery of the Rs 10,00,000 that had been stolen during police remand.
The accused had expressly requested that the first instalment of Rs 30,000 be paid right away out of the entire demand. To substantiate his claims, the complainant taped the accused’s demand and provided it to the VB.

According to the spokeswoman, the VB Flying Squad organised a trap squad and filed a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act in response to the complaint.
He went on to say that the complainant arrived in his private vehicle at Punjabi Vaishno Dhaba, located on the National Highway in Lalru, after the accused ASI contacted him to meet him in accordance with the arrangement. When the accused accepted the Rs 30,000 bribe from the complainant in front of two official witnesses, the trap team captured him red-handed. He stated that the case is currently being investigated further.