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Chandigarh, Nov 22 (PTI) The Commissioner of Batala Municipal Corporation, who also holds the charge of the sub-divisional magistrate, was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), officials said on Saturday.

An unaccounted amount of Rs 13.50 lakh was also recovered from the accused official, they added.

A VB spokesperson said, the complainant — a resident of Batala — had undertaken a road repair work for the Municipal Corporation, for which two bills of Rs 1,87,483 and Rs 1,85,369 were submitted for payment.

In this regard, he met the Commissioner Vikramjeet Singh Panthey, who allegedly demanded a 10 per cent commission for the release of his payment.

He further alleged that an amount o

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