Chandigarh: State Vigilance Bureau, during its ongoing campaign against corruption, has been able to nab 12 officials red handed accepting bribes in 9 different trap cases during the month of July, which includes 6 police personnel, 3 employees of revenue department and 3 belonging to other departments.
Disclosing this, chief director-cum-ADGP vigilance bureau Punjab B.K. Uppal said the VB has put up its best efforts to stamp out corruption amongst public servants and others in every sphere during the period. In this direction, the vigilance officers have ensured that suspect did not escape judicial punishment in the various courts in the State, he added.
He said the Bureau said the Bureau had submitted challans pertaining to 12 vigilance cases in various special courts in the last month. Apart from this, 7 vigilance enquires have also been registered to thoroughly probe the corruption cases against public servants. In addition to this 2 criminal cases have also been registered after through probe.
