Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Om Prakash, on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.55 lakh.

The police official, earlier posted at Sohana police station and currently serving at Kharar police station in Mohali district, was apprehended as part of the Bureau's ongoing crackdown on corruption.

An official of the VB said the arrest followed an investigation into an online complaint lodged at the Chief Minister's Anti-Corruption Action Line. According to the complaint, a case had been registered against one Gurjit Singh and his wife at the Sohana police station.

The accused ASI, who was associated with the investigation of that case, allegedly demanded a ...