VB Books Amritsar Improvement Trust Advocate for accepting bribe of Rs. 8 Lakh

Accused Advocate demanded Rs. 20 Lakh to get compensation released of acquired land

Amritsar, July 6 (Punjab Post Bureau) – In its ongoing campaign against corruption launched on the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Thursday booked Gautam Majithia Government Advocate of Improvement Trust Amritsar for accepting bribe of Rs. 8 Lakh in lieu of getting the compensation released for acquired 20 Bigha land.

Revealing the details here today, an official spokesperson of the VB said the accused Advocate has been booked on the complaint of Jatinder Singh a resident of Pratap Avenue Amritsar.

He informed that Jatinder Singh had lodged a complaint on an Anti-Corruption Portal on May 18, 2023 citing that Advocate Gautam Majithia had demanded a bribe of Rs. 20 Lakh to get released the additional compensation of the 20 Bigha land acquired by the Improvement Trust, Amritsar on March 25, 2022. A Court ordered to release a 20 per cent additional compensation for the said 20 Bigha land to the complainant Jatinder Singh, when the complainant approached the accused Advocate for the additional compensation. He demanded a bribe of Rs. 20 Lakh to get the compensation released, of which, he already took the amount of Rs 8 Lakh as a bribe.

The spokesperson informed that after preliminary investigation of this complaint, a FIR no. 19 dated 04-07-2023 under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act have been registered at Police Station VB Amritsar Range and manhunt has been launched to arrest the accused Advocate Gautam Majithia. Further investigations in this case are under progress, he added.