Chandigarh/Fazilka, May 29 -- The Punjab government on Wednesday suspended Fazilka senior superintendent of police (SSP) Varinder Brar a day after four police officials of the district were arrested for allegedly accepting Rs.1 lakh as bribe from the family of a minor boy whose phone was confiscated for reportedly accessing banned porn websites.

The action follows an investigation by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) in the case involving officials from the cyber crime police station in Fazilka. "The boy had allegedly accessed a pornographic website on his phone, which was detected by the Fazilka cyber cell. The phone was subsequently confiscated. When the family requested the cops to return the phone, a bribe of Rs.1 lakh was allegedly d...