Ludhiana, May 16 -- The Ludhiana vigilance bureau booked a woman sarpanch of Satjot Nagar village at Dhandran Road for demanding Rs.4 lakh bribe for issuing water connections to newly constructed houses in Satjot Nagar. The accused has been identified as sarpanch Sukhwinder Kaur.

Gagandeep Singh Kainth, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and a realtor and builder, registered a complaint against the sarpanch on the state government's anti-corruption helpline.

Kainth in his complaint stated that he bought a chunk of land in Satjot Nagar village and constructed two houses. Meanwhile, he received a message from the sarpanch Sukhwinder Kaur, who asked him to meet her at the office. Kainth stated that when he reached her office the Sarpanc...