Punjabi: VB drive against corruption: Education department JE nabbed red handed taking Rs 4000 bribe

Punjabi: VB drive against corruption: Education department JE nabbed red handed taking Rs 4000 bribe

Accused previously received Rs 2000 as first instalment

Chandigarh September 29, 2025 –

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its drive against corruption has apprehended Harjit Singh, Junior Engineer (JE), Education Department, posted at Kapurthala red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs. 4000.

Disclosing this a spokesperson of the VB said the accused has been arrested following a complainant from a school teacher posted in Government School, Dhaliwal Dona, in Kapurthala district.

He further stated that the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the aforementioned accused had demanded a bribe of Rs. 10,000 for issuing a completion certificate in respect of a grant amounting to Rs 40 lakh, utilized by the said school. The accused JE had already taken Rs 2000 for this purpose and demanded the remaining money. The complainant has recorded the conversation with JE while he was demanding the bribe and submitted it to the VB as an evidence.

The spokesperson informed that after preliminary verification of this complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the accused JE was caught red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 4000 as a second instalment from the teacher in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the JE at VB police station Jalandhar range. The accused would be produced in the competent court tomorrow and further investigation into this case was under progress.