{"id":27488,"date":"2026-05-27T19:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=27488"},"modified":"2026-05-27T19:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:11:43","slug":"vigilance-bureau-nabs-asi-red-handed-accepting-bribe-of-rs-14000-chandigarh-may-27-2026justice-news-the-punjab-vigilance-bureau-vb-during-its-ongoing-drive-against-corruption-in-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=27488","title":{"rendered":"Vigilance Bureau nabs ASI red handed accepting bribe of Rs 14,000\/-  Chandigarh, May 27, 2026:(Justice News)  The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against  corruption in the state, has apprehended Assistant Sub- Inspector Hardeep Singh posted at police station division No 8, Ludhiana red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 14,000\/-.  Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Gopal Nagar, Haibowal Kalan Ludhiana.  He said that the complainant  informed that his daughter who is about 22 years old, had passed the tailoring course from Government ITI Ludhiana. She went to Government ITI Ghumar Mandi to get her result, but she did not return home till evening.  Complainant searched for her at his own level, but his daughter was not found. Due to which the complainant  filed a report regarding the disappearance of his daughter at police station division No.-8 Ludhiana with Duty Officer ASI Hardeep Singh. Accused ASI Hardeep Singh called the complainant to the police station and  demanded a bribe of Rs. 20,000\/- for taking action on his application and received Rs. 6000\/- on the spot.   He further informed that after the orders of the senior officers, FIR was registered at Police Station Division No.-08, Ludhiana. Accused ASI Hardeep Singh demanded the remaining amount of Rs. 14,000\/- form complainant to give the copy of F.I.R and take further action on F.I.R..   Unwilling to pay illegal gratification, complainant approached the VB Range Ludhiana. Acting on his complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the accused ASI was arrested red handed while accepting  bribe money of Rs 14,000\/- from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses.  In this regard, a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Ludhiana and further investigation into this case is under progress."},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Chandigarh<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">(Justice News)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against\u00a0 corruption in the state, has apprehended Assistant Sub- Inspector Hardeep Singh posted at police station division No 8, Ludhiana red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 14,000\/-.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Gopal Nagar, Haibowal Kalan Ludhiana.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said that the complainant\u00a0 informed that his daughter who is about 22 years old, had passed the tailoring course from Government ITI Ludhiana. She went to Government ITI Ghumar Mandi to get her result, but she did not return home till evening.\u00a0 Complainant searched for her at his own level, but his daughter was not found. Due to which the complainant\u00a0 filed a report regarding the disappearance of his daughter at police station division No.-8 Ludhiana with Duty Officer ASI Hardeep Singh. Accused ASI Hardeep Singh called the complainant to the police station and\u00a0 demanded a bribe of Rs. 20,000\/- for taking action on his application and received Rs. 6000\/- on the spot.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He further informed that after the orders of the senior officers, FIR was registered at Police Station Division No.-08, Ludhiana. Accused ASI Hardeep Singh demanded the remaining amount of Rs. 14,000\/- form complainant to give the copy of F.I.R and take further action on F.I.R..<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Unwilling to pay illegal gratification, complainant approached the VB Range Ludhiana. Acting on his complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the accused ASI was arrested red handed while accepting\u00a0 bribe money of Rs 14,000\/- from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In this regard, a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Ludhiana and further investigation into this case is under progress.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Chandigarh (Justice News) The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against\u00a0 corruption in the state, has apprehended Assistant Sub- Inspector Hardeep Singh posted <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=27488\" title=\"Vigilance Bureau nabs ASI red handed accepting bribe of Rs 14,000\/-  Chandigarh, May 27, 2026:(Justice News)  The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against  corruption in the state, has apprehended Assistant Sub- Inspector Hardeep Singh posted at police station division No 8, Ludhiana red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 14,000\/-.  Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Gopal Nagar, Haibowal Kalan Ludhiana.  He said that the complainant  informed that his daughter who is about 22 years old, had passed the tailoring course from Government ITI Ludhiana. She went to Government ITI Ghumar Mandi to get her result, but she did not return home till evening.  Complainant searched for her at his own level, but his daughter was not found. Due to which the complainant  filed a report regarding the disappearance of his daughter at police station division No.-8 Ludhiana with Duty Officer ASI Hardeep Singh. Accused ASI Hardeep Singh called the complainant to the police station and  demanded a bribe of Rs. 20,000\/- for taking action on his application and received Rs. 6000\/- on the spot.   He further informed that after the orders of the senior officers, FIR was registered at Police Station Division No.-08, Ludhiana. Accused ASI Hardeep Singh demanded the remaining amount of Rs. 14,000\/- form complainant to give the copy of F.I.R and take further action on F.I.R..   Unwilling to pay illegal gratification, complainant approached the VB Range Ludhiana. Acting on his complaint, the VB team laid a trap during which the accused ASI was arrested red handed while accepting  bribe money of Rs 14,000\/- from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses.  In this regard, a case under prevention of corruption act has been registered against the accused at VB police station Ludhiana and further investigation into this case is under progress.\"><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-punjab"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260527-WA0018.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe1HXo-79m","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27489,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27488\/revisions\/27489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}