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hit four other cars going towards the Bathinda side. The injured have been admitted to the hospital," SHO, Ravindra Singh said. In other news from Punjab, the Vigilance Department of the state nabbed a junior engineer for accepting a bribe of ₹70,000.

The JE belonged to the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and is identified as Jasmel Singh who was posted at Sidhwan Bet in Ludhiana district. “After investigation of the complaint, an FIR 09 dated 30-07-2023 under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused JE Jasmel Singh at Police Station the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) of VB, Ludhiana", a release from the department said. This is the second such incident within days as on 22 July, the Ludhiana Range of Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) apprehended an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) who was stationed at Tibba police station in the district.

The ASI, identified as Satnam Singh, was caught in the act while accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 from a woman. The bribe was offered to settle a complaint that had been filed against her. In connection with this case, another individual named Balbir Singh, who was an accomplice to the ASI, was also arrested at his residence in Mohalla Jagdishpura.

According to officials, the accused ASI had initially demanded a sum of ₹1,40,000 from the woman but later agreed to accept ₹60,000 as the bribe. The vigilance authorities were able to apprehend both the ASI and his aide during the act of accepting the bribe. (With inputs from ANI)