ASI booked in bribe case surrenders | Times News Network | Ludhiana News – Times of India



ASI booked in bribe case surrenders | Times News Network | Ludhiana News – Times of India

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Ludhiana: Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Pahara Singh, who was booked on August 10, 2023 for bribery, surrendered at the office of the Vigilance Bureau, Ludhiana Range on Friday after his bail plea was dismissed by the Supreme Court on January 29. He was posted at Jagraon city police station.
A case was registered against ASI Pahara Singh on the complaint of Inderjit Kaur from Hardev Nagar, Jagraon.The complainant alleged that her husband Harpreet Singh was booked in several cases of drug peddling.
On August 3, 2023 ASI Pahara Singh and two other officials raided her house and told them that the DSP had sent them.
They said that if she wanted to avoid action, she would have to pay Rs 50,000 cash as bribe. The complainant paid Rs 15,000 and the ASI asked for the remaining amount in two days.
When he called her for the remaining money, she recorded the call. When the matter came to light, SSP Ludhiana Rural got an FIR lodged against the ASI and forwarded the investigation to Vigilance Bureau headquarter, SAS Nagar.
The ASI tried to get anticipatory bail, but his application was dismissed by the local court on October 27, 2023.
Thereafter, his bail petition was dismissed by Punjab and Haryana high court on December 12, 2023 and from the Supreme Court on January 29.
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