DW BUREAU The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday nabbed Rakesh Kumar, Class-4 employee of Civil Hospital, Pathankot, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 30000. In this case Ms. Bableen Kaur, Drug Inspector, Pathankot was also arrested, a spokesperson of Bureau said. Disclosing this here a spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau (VB) said that accused Rakesh Kumar has been arrested on the complaint of Pathankot-based Man, who had approached the VB informing that he had applied online for a grant of license to open a medical store at Mamoon. The complainant was later called by Ms. Bableen Kaur, Drug Inspector, who told him to contact Rakesh Kumar, a Class-IV employee in the Civil Hospital, Pathankot, who has previously been posted with her, in this regard. The complainant met Rakesh Kumar at Civil Hospital, Pathankot on 18.06.2022 who demanded a bribe of Rs. One Lakh, which was later reduced to Rs. 90000, for getting his work done from Ms. Bableen Kaur. The spokesperson informed that the complainant agreed to give Rs. 30000 as the first installment of this bribe money on 28.06.2022. The VB team nabbed the accused Rakesh Kumar while accepting a bribe of Rs. 30000 in the presence of two official witnesses. Later on Bableen Kaur, Drug Inspector, Pathankot was also arrested for her involvement in this case. In this regard a case under 7 Prevention of Corruption Act was registered. (editor@dailyworld.in)