Ludhiana, Apr 15 (PTI) A superintendent engineer, posted at municipal corporation here, was arrested on the charge of demanding a bribe, the Punjab Vigilance bureau said.

Superintendent Engineer (SE) Sanjay Kanwar was arrested on Monday for demanding commission from a Ludhiana-based contractor, an official spokesperson of the bureau said.

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He was arrested following a complaint by the contractor, who approached the bureau alleging that he had applied for a tender for a re-development project at Nehru Rose Garden in Civil Lines area of Ludhiana, the spokesperson said.

The accused had demanded 10 per cent commission as a bribe in lieu of allotment of this tender work to him. This conversation was recorded by the complainant and he submitted it to the bureau as evidence.

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The spokesperson said after preliminary verification of the complaint, a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against Kanwar at the Vigilance Bureau Police Station in Ludhiana Range.

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