Haryana Women Commission Vice President Sonia Agarwal gave a big statement to the media during her arrest. She said, I was framedin this bribery case. However, no cash was recovered during the search of her residence. At the same times ACB DSP Vipin Kadian said that if needed remand of Sonia and her PA will be obtained from the court.
Kharkhoda (Sonepat): The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jind team has arrested Haryana Women Commission Vice President Sonia Agarwal on charges of taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh. She was accused of demanding bribes in the name of resolving a dispute between a teacher and his wife working in the police. Her personal assistant Kulbir resident of Hansi was arrested red handed by ACB team in Hisar with the bribe amount. Team also conducted a raid at the residence of Sonia Agarwal on Saturday late evening, conducted a thorough search and took her along with them.
Anil, a resident of Julana in Jind district had lodged a complaint to the ACB that there was a dispute going on between him and his wife Nirmala working in the police department. After filing a complaint in the Women’s Commission, the case was heard in Sonipat on December 12. Kulbir had demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from Anil in the name of settling the dispute. He also said that he would get the case resolved by getting a decision in his favour.
Anil handed over Rs 1 lakh to Kulbir in Hisar on Saturday. ACB Jind DSP Kamaljit Singh’s team arrested Kulbir and recovered the bribe amount from him. Meanwhile, another team of the bureau detained Sonia Agarwal from her residence and took her to Sonipat women police station. She was arrested after interrogation. Jind ACB arrested Kulbir, a resident of village Niyana in Hisar district, who was arrested on Saturday while taking bribes. Kulbir came in contact with Sonia Agarwal, Vice Chairperson of Women’s Commission, about two months ago.
Earlier, Kulbir used to work for awareness programmes about POCSO. Later, Sonia Agarwal hired him as her driver cum assistant. He also runs his own YouTube channel. After joining the Women’s Commission, he had also assured a couple of youths of the village to get them jobs in the Women’s Commission.On Saturday morning he came to Hisar Auto Market to get his car repaired when he received a call from Sonia Agarwal. He also runs his own YouTube channel. After joining the Women’s Commission, he had also assured a couple of youths of the village to get them jobs in the Women’s Commission. Sonia Agarwal was taken to the Women Police Station Sonepat after the arrest.
