Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Monday, during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, arrested Raj Kumar, Assistant Town Planner (ATP), Municipal Corporation, Phagwara and Rajesh Kumar, a private architect of Phagwara, on charges of demanding and taking bribe of Rs 50000. Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the State Vigilance Bureau said that the above accused have been arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by a resident of Phagwara in Kapurthala district. He further said that the complainant has approached the Vigilance Bureau and alleged that the above architect had demanded a bribe of Rs 1,50,000 from the Town Planner to get approval for the plan of his house but the deal was not consummated. The spokesperson said that after the initial verification of this complaint, a Vigilance Bureau team of Jalandhar Range laid a trap during which the architect and the ATP were arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs. 50000 in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard, a case has been registered against both the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Vigilance Bureau police station Jalandhar Range. They will be produced in the competent court tomorrow and further investigation into the matter is underway.
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