Vigilance Bureau arrests private person for extorting Rs. 5 lakhs from Govt official

Chandigarh, January 31

Vigilance Bureau Punjab arrested a private person Lal Chand Bansal, r/o Kharar for extorting money from Baldev Raj Verma, Municipal Engineer, Patiala who in a complaint to Bureau had alleged that the accused was blackmailing him by threatening to lodge a complaint against him to the Bureau.

The accused was demanding Rs. 2 crore in lieu of withdrawing the plaint and asking to pay Rs. 50 lakh cash and give property worth Rs. 1.50 crore. The complainant recorded the entire conversation in this regard and promised falsely to pay him token money of Rs. 5 lakh.

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