Chandigarh February 18 (Jaswinder Singh Azad)- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, has apprehended Naib Court Rajinder Singh posted in the court of Sub Divisional Magistrate Kapurthala, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 8000/-.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Nakodar, district Jalandhar.
He said that the complainant, a labourer by profession, stated that he and his friend Joban were arrested by the police in a case under Section 128 BNSS (earlier Section 109 Cr.P.C.) and were produced before the court of SDM Kapurthala. Subsequently, the complainant was released on a surety bond and the next date of hearing was fixed for 18.02.2026.
Naib Court Rajinder Singh repeatedly harassed him and demanded Rs. 10,000/- to get the case dismissed
Furthermore he informed that the complainant alleged that Naib Court Rajinder Singh repeatedly harassed him and demanded Rs. 10,000/- to get the case dismissed. Upon the complainant’s request and expression of inability to pay the demanded amount, the accused agreed to accept Rs. 8,000/- as bribe. The entire conversation regarding the demand of bribe was recorded by the complainant.
Unwilling to pay any illegal gratification, the complainant approached the Vigilance Bureau Unit, Jalandhar. After a preliminary enquiry on his complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the accused Naib Court Rajinder Singh was arrested red handed while accepting bribe money of Rs 8000/- from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses.
In this regard, a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Jalandhar and further investigation into this case is under progress.