Vigilance Bureau busts fake recruitment scam in Punjab Police
Arrests two police employees for taking Rs. 26,02,926 as bribes from 102 persons
The police have identified the arrested individuals as Tarlochan Pal (No. 207/S), a Cleaner (grade-4 worker) posted in the 3rd IRB and residing at Mohalla Begampur in Adampur, district Jalandhar, and co-accused Surinderpal (No. 3B), a Barber (grade-4 worker) posted at the Punjab Police Academy in Phillaur and a resident of the village of Sikri in Nilokheri, district Karnal, Haryana.
VB said that the authorities arrested both accused
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of the VB said that the authorities arrested both accused following an investigation of a complaint lodged at the Chief Minister’s Anti-Corruption Action Line portal by complainant Surinder Singh, a resident of the village of Nanglan, tehsil Garhshankar, district Hoshiarpur. He informed that the authorities produced both arrested accused in a Jalandhar court today on 12.06.2024 and obtained a two-day police remand.
During their custody, authorities will interrogate them in depth to gather information on how many other innocent persons they deceived and the total money collected in this recruitment scam.
Register a fraud case against both the accused.
The spokesperson further added that during the preliminary investigation of this complaint by the VB Jalandhar range, they found the charges made by the complainant to be accurate, leading them to register a fraud case against both the accused.
He added more details, revealing that the investigation showed the accused, Tarlochan Pal and his associate Surinderpal, had falsely assured gullible people that about 560 grade-4 vacancies would be filled in the Punjab Police in the coming months.
they demanded Rs. 25,000 per person to secure the jobs
Acting in collusion, they demanded Rs. 25,000 per person to secure the jobs as grade-4 employees in the state police thereby collected huge money from numerous individuals across the state. Consequently, Tarlochanpal received a total of Rs. 18,09,100 as bribes, which were deposited into his various bank accounts. Out of this amount, Tarlochanpal had transferred Rs. 5,45,000 to Surinderpal’s HDFC bank account.
Surinderpal had received Rs. 7,93,826 in his bank account
Details Revealed During Interrogation
He added that accused Surinderpal, during interrogation, told the VB that he and Tarlochanpal took money from job aspirants and gave about Rs 9.00 lakh to two employees at Punjab Police Headquarters Chandigarh. He revealed that out of this amount, some money was returned after they failed to recruit the job seekers, but the rest was never returned.
VB further added that during the investigation, they are recording the statements of various victims of this fake recruitment scam. More affected persons could appear before the Bureau to provide information
