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Patwari caught taking bribe

JALANDHAR: A patwari posted in Banga was held red-handed by a Vigilance team while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.

The suspect in Vigilance custody in Banga on Tuesday. Ashok Kaura

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 18

A patwari posted in Banga was held red-handed by a Vigilance team while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.

The accused has been identified as Amardeep Singh.

Tajinder Singh of Gobindpur village had lodged a complaint with the Vigilance Bureau that the accused had demanded Rs 20,000 in lieu of registering an ancestral land in his name. After the complaint, the team laid a trap and arrested Amardeep.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against him.

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