Sangrur August 6:
The Vigilance Bureau today arrested Santosh Kumar Gupta, deputy director, Animal Husbandry Department, Sangrur, when he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 800 from a clerk of his office here.
Shiv Kumar Sharma, SSP, Vigilance Bureau, said the bureau had registered a case against Santosh Kumar Gupta under Sections 7, 13 (2) 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act on the complaint of Sanjiv Kumar, a clerk in Gupta’s office at Sangrur. The SSP also said Sanjiv Kumar had applied for three years’ leave from November 2007 under a self-employment scheme. The deputy director allegedly demanded Rs 1,000 from Sanjiv for releasing his salary of some months for the leave period.
The Vigilance Bureau today arrested Santosh Kumar Gupta, deputy director, Animal Husbandry Department, Sangrur, when he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 800 from a clerk of his office here.
Shiv Kumar Sharma, SSP, Vigilance Bureau, said the bureau had registered a case against Santosh Kumar Gupta under Sections 7, 13 (2) 88 of the Prevention of Corruption Act on the complaint of Sanjiv Kumar, a clerk in Gupta’s office at Sangrur. The SSP also said Sanjiv Kumar had applied for three years’ leave from November 2007 under a self-employment scheme. The deputy director allegedly demanded Rs 1,000 from Sanjiv for releasing his salary of some months for the leave period.
