AMRITSAR, Feb. 14 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing anti-corruption drive on Thursday arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Gurmeet Kaur, posted at EVS South, and her accomplice Harpreet Singh, a private person, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.40,000.

An official spokesperson of the state VB said both the accused have been arrested based on a complaint lodged by Sikander Singh, a resident of Wazir Bhullar village, in tehsil Baba Bakala, Amritsar district.

He said the complainant has approached the VB and alleged in his complaint that the accused had demanded a bribe of Rs.1,50,000 for favouring the complainant, his father and brother in a police case being investigated by the accused ASI. The accused h...