Chandigarh, Aug 24 (UNI) The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, on Saturday arrested two auditors, Jagjit Singh and Amit, posted at the Local Audit Office in Ferozepur, red-handed while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 1,30,000.
A spokesperson for the VB revealed that the arrests were made following a complaint from Naib Subedar Satya Prakash (JC4829875Y) of the Indian Army, serving with the 17th Rajput Regiment, Ferozepur Cantonment.
He informed that the complainant has approached the VB and reported that the said auditors had been assigned duties by their department to audit the financial records of his unit for the year 2023-2024. The auditors had demanded a bribe of Rs 1,50,000 to clear audit objections from the previous year and to approve the current year's audit.