Food supplies official nabbed for taking bribe in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: Vinod Kumar, a sub-inspector of the district food and supplies department, landed in the vigilance net while accepting bribe money of Rs 20,000 from a depot holder in Gohana on Friday morning.
A case under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, has been registered against Vinod at vigilance bureau's police station at Rohtak.According to information, the trap was laid on a tip-off by Maman Singh of Sikandpur village who had accused Vinod of demanding bribe to approve records of his fair price shop. Vigilance team provided marked currency notes to Maman and a place was fixed to handover the money to the accused. Soon after Maman handed over the currency notes, the vigilance sleuths nabbed Vinod. He will be produced before the court on Saturday.