Vigilance Bureau nabs Forest Guard and Daily Wage Worker red-handed accepting bribe of Rs 20,000
Babushbahi Bureau
Chandigarh, January 27, 2026: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing drive against the corruption in the state, has apprehended Kuldeep Singh, Forest Guard, and Darshan Singh Mate, Daily Wage Worker red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 20000/-. Both accused were posted at Forest Range office at Nakodar, District Jalandhar.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the state VB said the above-mentioned accused has been arrested based on a complaint lodged by a resident of village Sanghowal, sub tehsil Mehatpur, district Jalandhar.
He said that the complainant works as a labourer and when the complainant's domestic gas cylinder got exhausted, he was collecting small pieces of wood from trees along the Mehatpur-Jagraon road for household use. At that time, both accused Kuldeep Singh, Forest Guard, and Darshan Singh Mate Daily Wage Worker arrived at the spot, informed the complainant that a case of theft of government wood would be registered against him and took his motorcycle in their custody.