Graft-accused ACP transferred

LUDHIANA: Former health minister of Punjab Satpal Gosain accused assistant commissioner of police, East Ludhiana, Manmeet Singh and Moti Nagar SHO Rajkumar of taking bribe from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Colony resident Amarnath, 82, to settle a property dispute.Commissioner of police, Ludhiana, Ishwar Singh said an inquiry had been marked to deputy commissioner of police Gurpreet Singh Toor. Manmeet Singh had been transferred and Naveen Singla had taken over as ACP East, he added.Gosain alleged that Manmeet had demanded Rs 2 lakh from Amarnath while Rajkumar had asked for Rs 10,000. The deal, he claimed, was struck at Rs 1 lakh. Rubbishing the allegations, SHO Rajkumar said he had not taken bribe from Amarnath. ACP Mandeep Singh could not be contacted.