Overview

• Deputy Superintendent of Police Rajanpal Singh of Faridkot’s Crime Against Women cell was taken into custody after offering a ₹1 lakh bribe to the reader of the senior superintendent to bury a graft complaint.
• The bribe attempt followed allegations that Singh had earlier extracted ₹1 lakh from a family in a matrimonial dispute without taking any action on their complaint.
• An FIR was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act at Faridkot City Police Station, and departmental proceedings were initiated against the DSP.
• This case follows the vigilance bureau’s detention of Head Constable Raj Kumar on charges of accepting a ₹1 lakh bribe in Bathinda district as part of the same anti-graft drive.
• Vigilance Bureau teams are continuing to probe other police personnel across multiple districts under the government’s accelerated anti-corruption campaign.