Ludhiana, Jan. 21 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has apprehended Bahadur Singh, sewerman (numberdar) posted at Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana (MCL) for accepting a bribe Rs.1,50,000 from a man in lieu of securing a job for him in MCL. After the accused did not fulfil the promise, the complainant filed a complaint to the vigilance bureau.

Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the arrest has been made following a complaint lodged by a resident of Jamalpur Awana village, Focal Point, Ludhiana, on the Chief Minister's Anti-Corruption Action Line portal.

He said that the complainant alleged that the accused sewerman had taken a graft of Rs.1,50,000 in three instalments in lieu of getting the complain...