Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS) The Punjab vigilance arrested Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjay Popli and his secretary on corruption charges.
As per the FIR, Popli allegedly sought one per cent commission from a contractor of a Rs 7 crore sewerage project in the Nawanshahr town during the previous Congress regime.
The contractor paid Rs 3.5 lakh through Sanjeev Vats, a Superintendent-level official posted as secretary to the officer, who was heading the Water Supply and Sewerage Board, on January 12.
The officials said Popli was seeking the remaining Rs 3.5 lakh from the contractor, who recorded his phone calls and complained on the anti-corruption helpline set up by the present Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
The officer was arrested from his house in Chandigarh on Monday evening.
ADVT
India
Punjab IAS officer held for bribery
MORE India ARTICLES
Won't Tolerate Attempts To Create Rift Between Communities: Amarinder Singh
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh's reaction comes in the background of a statue of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi being vandalised in Ludhiana by some persons on Tuesday.
Won't Tolerate Attempts To Create Rift Between Communities: Amarinder Singh
Khalistan Liberation Force Put On India's Banned Organisations List
The decision to ban the outfit comes in the backdrop of agencies unearthing several terror modules in recent months.
Khalistan Liberation Force Put On India's Banned Organisations List
If Sati And Dowry Banned, Why Not Triple Talaq: Smriti Irani Asks House
The revised bill was eventually passed after a five-hour debate in the Lok Sabha, amid a walkout by the Congress and the AIADMK.
If Sati And Dowry Banned, Why Not Triple Talaq: Smriti Irani Asks House
1984 Case: Sajjan Kumar Likely To Surrender Before Court On December 31
"We will comply with the high court's judgment," Sajjan Kumar's counsel Anil Kumar Sharma said.
1984 Case: Sajjan Kumar Likely To Surrender Before Court On December 31
62-Year-Old Woman Dragged Into Forest, Killed By Tiger In Rajasthan
Along With Another Woman, She Had Gone Inside A To Fetch Water.
62-Year-Old Woman Dragged Into Forest, Killed By Tiger In Rajasthan
3 Indian Siblings, On Christmas Celebration Visit, Die In US Home Fire
A Woman Kari Coudriet Of Collierville, And Sharron, 17, Joy, 15, And Aaron, 14 — Teen Siblings Of The Naik Family From India — All Died In The Fire, Said A Statement Released By The Coudriet’S Collierville Bible Church.