Vigilance Dept Arrests Powercom ASI Avtar Singh

The vigilance agency detained Avtar Singh, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in the anti-theft section of Punjab state power corporation limited (PSPCL), on April 11 following a charge of taking Rs. 3,000 as bribe.

Senior superintendent of police (vigilance) Pritam Singh added that Avtar had been accused with demanding funds from a cheater to benefit him in a case of electricity theft.

Complainant Sukhdev Singh of Patiala said that Avtar asked for the funds to cut down his fine.

“The vigilance group laid a trap and arrested Avtar Singh in front of the government witnesses,” Pritam Singh added.

The charged is in police detention and a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been lodged against Avtar.