BATHINDA, July 2 -- The vigilance bureau (VB) arrested a personal security officer (PSO) attached to Bhucho deputy superintendent of police (DSP), red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs.1 lakh on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as the head constable Raj Kumar, who was also working as the assistant reader to DSP Ravinder Singh. Kumar was arrested from the DSP office area, which is located on the premises of the women's police station, located near the district administrative complex. VB inspector Amandeep Brar told reporters that the cash was recovered from the official vehicle of the Bhucho DSP. "A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Raj Kumar ," said the VB official. In a statement, VB authorities said the accused police official has been arrested following a complaint filed by a resident of Kalyan Sukha village in tehsil Nathana of Bathinda. It stated that the complainant approached the VB alleging that due to a dispute over agricultural land, the opposite party had registered a false case against her husband and both her sons at the Nathana police station. After her representation, the Bathinda SSP marked the complaint to the Bhucho DSP to probe the matter. "Subsequently, Raj Kumar, reader, made two phone calls from the complainant's mobile phone and informed her that he had spoken to the DSP regarding this re-investigation and only the DSP's signature on the report was pending. To get the FIR cancelled, he demanded a bribe of Rs.2 lakh," reads the VB statement. It further added that the accused Raj Kumar told the complainant that Rs 1 lakh should be paid immediately as the first instalment so that he could get the work done. The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Tuesday arrested George Masih, block officer, posted at the block development and panchayats office (BDPO), Amritsar, while accepting Rs.13,000 bribe. VB spokesperson said the accused was arrested following a complaint by a resident of Bikraur village in Amritsar district. "The complainant had approached the VB alleging that he wanted to contest panchayat elections from his village in 2024 but could not do so, as a notice declaring him defaulter was issued against him by block officer, Ajnala, stating that he had not cleared outstanding dues of government land measuring four kanals and an FIR would be registered against him in this regard. The accused asked the complainant that if he wanted to get his name stuck off from the defaulter list and also to get a correction in the revenue record, he had to pay a bribe of Rs.13,000," the spokesperson said....