Chandigarh, Dec. 4 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against suspended Punjab Police DIG HS Bhullar, 50 days after registering a corruption case against him.

Bhullar and his aide Kirshanu Sharda were arrested on October 16 by the CBI following a complaint lodged by a Fatehgarh Sahib-based scrap dealer.

As per the chargesheet, the officer, who was then posted in Ropar as DIG, demanded a Rs.5 lakh bribe and monthly illegal gratification through his middleman for 'settling' an FIR registered against the complainant and ensuring that no further coercive or adverse police action was taken against his business.

The chargesheet has been under Section 13(2) (and Section 13 (1) (b) (criminal misconduc...