The arrested clerk has been identified as Balbir Singh, who is posted in the Relief and Settlement branch of the DC office.

According to VB officials, one Harpal Singh, a resident of Vikas Nagar, complained that Balbir Singh had been demanding a bribe from him on the pretext of helping him acquire a red card, meant for the victims of the 1984 riots.

Harpal Singh said that his father, who was earlier living at Jalandhar, had been issued a red card by the Jalandhar DC office but since they had shifted to Ludhiana, he wanted to get the card transferred.

For doing this work, clerk Balbir Singh had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 3,000 from him and the deal was finally settled at Rs 2,000.

A Vigilance team led by DSP Gurcharan Singh nabbed him accepting the bribe.