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Chandigarh, October 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Punjab Police Deputy Inspector General (Ropar Range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh.
It has come to light that the CBI had laid a trap to arrest him red-handed.
Sources said Bhullar, a 2007 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was taking a bribe of Rs 5 lakh every month from a businessman.
He was arrested on a complaint of bribery. Official sources said the police officer was receiving bribe installments from various individuals or companies on a monthly basis and the arrest was related to a complaint of bribery.
The police officer will be produced before a CBI court in Chandigarh later in the day.
Following the arrest of the DGI, the CBI has launched massive searches at various places linked to the accused. These searches are expected to yield more evidence related to him and the bribery allegations.
According to sources, Bhullar was collecting a monthly bribe of Rs 5 lakh in a case related to a scrap dealer.
On receiving the complaint, the agency laid a trap and caught the officer.
This incident happened in a hotel in Mohali near here.
A scrap dealer had filed a complaint with the CBI alleging that Bhullar had demanded a monthly bribe in exchange for allowing him to continue his illegal car business. The dealer said that the DIG initially demanded Rs 2 lakh, but later increased the amount to Rs 5 lakh.
A case has been registered against him under several sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Bhullar previously served as Senior Superintendent of Police in various districts. During his tenure in the Ropar range, several cases of illegal car trade were exposed, where scrap vehicles were being sold by changing their chassis numbers.
–IANS
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