The Punjab vigilance bureau Wednesday arrested assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Arun Kumar for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 6,000 from a laborer, who was booked in a kidnapping case. The ASI was posted at Meharban police station. A spokesperson of the vigilance bureau said the cop was arrested on the complaint of Kirpa Shankar, a resident of Punjabi Bagh, who is a labourer. The complainant had alleged that the above said police official has been harassing him for a few months by demanding bribes repeatedly. Shankar stated that he was facing trial in a kidnapping and assault case lodged against him at Meharban police station. He was out on bail. The complainant stated that the ASI, who is the investigating officer in the case, had already taken Rs 25,000 as a bribe in instalments from him by threatening him to get his bail cancelled. After preliminary investigation of the complaint, the spokesperson informed that a team of Vigilance Bureau Police Station, Ludhiana Range laid a trap and the accused police official has been arrested on the spot near court complex, Ludhiana while accepting a bribe of Rs 6,000 from the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. A case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the ASI at VB Police Station, Ludhiana Range. He will be produced before the court on Thursday.
