chandigarh the punjab vigilance bureau has arrested three persons accused of blackmailing a government official with the motive to extort money amounting to rs 15 lakh nabha residents umardeen saleem and rupinder kumar a tv journalist have been arrested on a complaint by nabha tehsil registry clerk rupinder singhthe complainant had approached the vigilance bureau and alleged that the accused umardeen and his accomplices had been blackmailing him and demanding rs 5 lakh from him in lieu of not complaining to the vigilance bureau over a video of him taking rs 500 the complainant clarified that he had not received any graft during the registry in which umardeen was witness but was taking back rs 500 in lieu of exchange of notes handed over to a person meanwhile the accused shot a video with his mobile with the intent to extort money from him the complainant alleged that umardeen had already taken rs 50000 from him as a first instalment and the deal was struck at rs 25 lakhafter probing the complaint a vigilance bureau team from the flying squad of punjab police laid a trap and accused umardeen was arrested red handed while accepting extortion money rs 15 lakh from the complainant as a second instalment in the presence of two official witnesses the bureau also seized rs 40000 from him out of rs 50000 which he had taken earlier from the complainant as a first instalment latersaleem and rupinder were also arrested the fir in this case was registered on january 8 at the vigilance bureau police station in mohalimarketing its delhi model of governance punjabs governing power the aam aadmi party had run its 2022 assembly election campaign in the state on three issues one of which was weeding out corruption the public sacking and subsequent arrest of punjabs health minister on charges of corruption after a monitoring operation that had the stamp of the aaps politics of social media complete with the elements of helpline sting audios videos twitter chief minister bhagwant mann had even released a 2015 video of a delhi ministers sacking