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Vigilance nabs DDPO Fatehgarh for graft

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Posted: Jan 22, 2008 at 0129 hrs IST

Patiala, January 21 The Punjab Vigilance Bureau today nabbed the Fatehgarh Sahib District Development and Panchayat Officer, Mahinder Singh, on graft charges.

The accused, DDPO Mahinder Singh, was caught red-handed on the complaint of one Pankaj Sharma, of Gurbakhsh Colony in Patiala. The accused was nabbed red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.

According to the complainant, the accused had demanded Rs 40,000 from him for getting the work done but since he did not have that much amount he paid up Rs 20,000, after complaining to the Vigilance.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused DDPO and a search of his house and further investigations in the matter are on.

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