Nawashahr, Feb. 15 -- The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested a private individual identified as Rampal, an accomplice to patwari Vipan Kumar, posted at revenue halqa Nawanshahar-1, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.3,000.

A VB official spokesperson said the arrest was made following a complaint lodged by Pardeep Kumar, a resident of New Abadi, Nawanshahar city in the SBS Nagar district.

The spokesperson said that the complainant approached the VB after patwari Vipan Kumar demanded a Rs.5,000 bribe to process the mutation of his ancestral house. Acting on the patwari's instructions, the complainant paid Rs.2,000 bribe in advance to Rampal, his middleman. When the accused further insisted on the remaining amount, the complainant a...