Bank manager caught accepting bribes, arrested

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Tuesday arrested Sunil Kumar, assistant manager, posted at State Bank of India’s Abohar branch in Fazilka district, red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe. ₹10,000.

Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the VB said that the aforementioned accused was arrested on the basis of a complaint filed by Sukhpal Singh, a resident of Bahavwala village in Fazilka district.

He further informed that the complainant had approached the VB and alleged that the bank manager had demanded a bribe of ₹$12,000 to submit an insurance claim verification to the insurance company regarding his dead cow for which he had made a claim.

The spokesperson added that after a preliminary investigation into the complaint, the VB team set a trap in which the accused bank manager was arrested red-handed while taking ₹10,000 as first payment of bribe to the complainant in the presence of two official witnesses. In this regard, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the accused at VB Police Station, Ferozepur.