Chandigarh, July 13: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested Assistant Inspector General of Police P S Sandhu, a Punjab Police Services officer, while accepting a bribe. The CBI had earlier arrested Sandhu in a sex scandal case in Moga.
Sandhu, who is currently posted as AIG (Internal Vigilance Cell) at the Punjab Police Headquarters, was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 50,000 from Nishant Sharma, a former office-bearer of Shiv Sena (Hindustan), at a coffee shop here. According to sources, several cheating and fraud cases are pending against Sharma.
A few months ago, Sharma lodged a complaint against Phillaur DSP Raj Balwinder Singh Marar to SP (IVC) Balwant Kaur, saying the latter had demanded a bribe to get the cases against him dropped. Later, Sandhu reportedly told him that he could either be booked for lodging a false complaint against the DSP or could get his cases sorted out by paying a bribe.
The deal was struck at Rs 3 lakh. After an initial payment of Rs 1 lakh, Sharma was supposed to hand over another Rs 1 lakh on Tuesday. However, he brought only Rs 50,000. According to sources, Sharma was not satisfied with the way Sandhu was handling the matter and approached the CBI, which laid a trap and arrested the officer while taking the money.
–Agencies–