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Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrests SDO of pollution control board in corruption case

Chandigarh, Oct 18 (UNI) Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Thursday arrested SDO Punjab Pollution Control Board and his middleman for accepting bribes from rice shellers and schools to furnish NOCs.
Disclosing this here on Thursday, a spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that the SDO Atul Kaushal posted at Faridkot, was demanding and accepting bribes amounting to Rs 25,000 to 30,000 from rice shellers and schools to issue NOCs. He alleged that the SDO was demanding bribes through a private person named Jarnail Singh of Faridkot city.
The spokesperson added that the accused indulged in corruption on the basis of which the Bureau arrested both the SDO and the middleman, while registering a case under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act at the Bureau's police station in Bathinda and further investigation was underway.
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