The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday arrested Harcharan Singh Bhullar, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Ropar Range, Punjab Police, in a corruption case involving bribery.

The arrest reportedly took place in the afternoon at his office in Mohali, Punjab, where CBI officers caught him allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh following a complaint lodged by a dealer in Mandi Gobindgarh in the state’s Fatehgarh Sahib district.

Bhullar was reportedly extorting a monthly payment of Rs 5 lakh from a scrap dealer in connection with an ongoing case. CBI recovers Rs 5 Crore cash, 1.5 kg jewellery from DIGs house (Image: Released by CBI)

In addition to Bhullar, CBI took one private individual into custody as part of the operation.

CBI conducted searches at Bhullar’s office, h

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