Chandigarh, Apr 16 (UNI) The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Chiman Lal, posted as District Manager, Punjab Scheduled Caste Land Development and Finance Corporation, Tarn Taran, red handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.
Disclosing this here on Wednesday, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the arrest was made following a complaint lodged by a complainant from Gidhri Baghihari village in Tarn Taran district.
He said that the complainant has approached the VB and stated that his handicapped sister had availed a loan of Rs 1,00,000 from the Corporation in 2009. Afterwards, the Government had announced a waiver of such loans under a relevant scheme but the aforementioned Manager had demanded a bribe Rs 10,000 from her to process and settle the loan waived of by the Government.