
Panchkula cybercrime ASI caught accepting ₹1.15 lakh bribe
According to officials, ASI Jasbir Singh was caught red-handed and booked under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The complainant, who runs a private sanitary trading business, had approached the ACB alleging that the ASI was demanding a bribe for closing a complaint against him. The complainant had mortgaged his gold with Muthoot Finance in February 2024 to take a loan. Later, to repay the loan, he approached the Cash Your Gold Company in Sector 20, Panchkula, which paid him ₹5.65 lakh via RTGS. The complainant was supposed to retrieve the gold from Muthoot Finance and deliver it to Cash your Gold Company.
However, the firm later lodged a complaint with the Cybercrime police station in Gurugram, accusing him of not returning the gold or the money. As a result, the Gurugram police froze his bank account, along with those of his creditors.
This complaint was later transferred to Panchkula following which the ASI demanded a bribe for unfreezing his bank account. Initially, the ASI had allegedly demanded ₹2.5 lakh, but later agreed to accept ₹1.15 lakh after negotiations
Following this, the complainant approached the ACB, which caught ASI Jasbir Singh red-handed.

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