Jind, July 26

The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested Horticulture Officer Vijay Pannu, private individual Kulwant and driver Pawan in Jind district for accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh. The bribe was being taken from the complainant for providing a subsidy for setting up a polyhouse under the state government scheme.

A government spokesperson said the ACB received a complaint where the complainant stated that he had installed a polyhouse under a state government scheme operated by the Horticulture Department, which provides subsidies for such installations. The complainant reported that District Horticulture Officer Vijay Pannu demanded Rs 5 lakh as a bribe to facilitate the subsidy. The ACB team, after verifying the facts, planned a sting operation and caught the accused private individual Kulwant and driver Pawan red-handed while accepting the bribe.

A case has been registered at the Anti-Corruption Bureau police station in Karnal.