Man caught red-handed while accepting Rs 1.5 lakh from govt official in Punjab, two more arrested

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The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Sunday arrested three people accused of blackmailing a government employee to extort Rs 1.5 lakh from him, officers said.

A spokesperson for the Vigilance Bureau said, “Property agent Umardeen, one Saleem and Rupinder Kumar alias Dimple, a reporter with a private channel, were arrested from Patiala district’s Nabha on the complaint of Nabha tehsil registry clerk Rupinder Singh.” All the accused are residents of Nabha.