India, Nov. 22 -- The Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Saturday arrested Batala sub divisional magistrate and municipal corporation commissioner Vikramjeet Singh Panthey after he was caught accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000 and unaccounted cash amounting to Rs.13.5 lakh was recovered from him, police said.

Acting on the complaint of Batala resident Amarpal Singh, the police registered a case against Panthey on Friday under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act at the VB's Amritsar range police station.

"Complainant Amarpal Singh said that he had carried out road repair in the area under the jurisdiction of the Batala municipal corporation for which two bills of Rs.1,87,483 and Rs.1,85,369, totalling to Rs.3,72,852, were generated. ...