Chandigarh, April 23 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested the SBS Nagar assistant transport officer and booked two regional transport officers (RTOs), including a PCS officer, in the Prevention of Corruption Act cases filed by the probe agency following state-wide raids conducted at the regional transport authority (RTA) offices on April 7 this month.

On April 7, in a sweeping crackdown, the vigilance bureau conducted raids at RTA offices and driving test centres across the state, leading to the arrest of 24 individuals allegedly involved in bribery and malpractice. A total of 16 FIRs were registered, and authorities confiscated Rs.40,900 from middlemen who were extorting money from citizens seeking driving licenses and other serv...