Punjab: Fazilka SSP suspended in bribery case following arrest of four cops

Fazilka (Punjab) [India], May 28 : Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Fazilka has been suspended by the Punjab government in a corruption case, sources said on Wednesday.
As per officials, the suspension of the senior cop follows after four police personnel were caught red-handed taking Rs 1 lakh bribe.
Speaking over corruption case, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema said, "No one will be spared in case of corruption, be it someone small or big, our own or a stranger."
Earlier, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), as part of its ongoing anti-corruption drive, arrested Suresh Kumar, a clerk at the Nagar Council in Malout, Muktsar Sahib district, on Sunday.
He was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from an underprivileged widow.
Disclosing this here on Sunday, an official spokesperson of the state VB said that the aforementioned accused had been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of Malout.
He further added that the complainant had approached the VB. He alleged that the accused had demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 for releasing money under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission to construct a dwelling, but a deal had been struck to pay the bribe in installments.