Chandigarh: A head constable of Punjab Police was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, an official spokesperson said Sunday. The spokesperson of the vigilance bureau said H C Raja Singh, posted in Kapurthala police station, was caught red-handed on the complaint of Baljit Singh, reader to Judicial Magistrate Ludhiana.

The complainant had approached the vigilance bureau and informed that he came into contact with a woman through social media, who called him at a flat of her associate at Guru Gobind Singh Avenue, Jalandhar on December 29 last year. He claimed, in a pre-planned move, her associate head constable Raja Singh raided that flat and threatened him to register a case under the Immoral Traffic Act. The complainant alleged that the accused police official was demanding Rs two lakh for not taking any action against him and the deal was struck at Rs one lakh.