VIGILANCE ARRESTED SP SINGH ON JANUARY 7 WHEN HE REACHED CREMATION OF HIS FATHER VETERN JOURNALIST NIRANJAN SINGH PARWANA FROM CREMATION GROUND OF MOHALI FORCAUSING LOSS TO PUNJAB GOVT. TO THE TUNE OF RS. 700 CRORES
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Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Sunday produced Surinder Pal Singh (SP Singh) before the Mohali District Court where the learned court remanded him to Police Custody till January 12, 2023 for further investigation of the Case.
SP Singh was arrested on Saturday when he came to attend funeral of his father vetern journalist S. Niranjan Singh Parwana and the vigilance team which was present ther in civil dress, took him away in a vehicle and arrested for causing loss of Rs.700 crores to govt. in Industrial Plot transfer case to Buildiners, who are still absconding.
SP Singh, was arrested in case FIR No 01 dated 05.01.2023 u/s 13(1)(A), 13(2) PC act at PS Vigilance Bureau FS -1 Punjab at Mohali.
The advocate of SP Singh opposed the Police remand , but after hearing arguements of both the parties prosecution and respondents the court remanded to police custody of SP Singh till January 12.
It may be recalled that The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Saturday arrested SP Singh Ex Executive Director of the Punjab State Industrial Export Corporation (PSIEC) who was booked for in conniving with other officers/officials of the corporation to provide undue benefit to realtor firm, Gulmohar Township Private Limited, for transferring/bifurcation of an industrial plot and causing huge loss to the state exchequer. He would be produced in the local court tomorrow. The seven accused earlier arrested were on police remand for further investigation.
VB said in this criminal case former industry minister Sunder Sham Arora and other officers/officials of the corporation have been booked for transferring and allowing bifurcation of industrial plot in Mohali to Gulmohar Township firm and permitting it to establish a township. Apart from the above said accused, three owners/partners of Gulmohar Township have also been nominated in this case.(SUBHEAD)
He informed that in this regard the VB on Thursday has arrested seven accused officers/officials of PSIEC and on three days police remand which include Ankur Chaudhary Estate Officer, Davinderpal Singh GM (Personnel), JS Bhatia Chief General Manager (Planning), Ashima Aggarwal ATP (Planning), Parminder Singh Executive Engineer, Rajat Kumar DA and Sandeep Singh SDE for in conniving with each other to provide undue benefit to the realtor firm.
The other accused Tejveer Singh DTP had passed away whereas Bhai Sukhdeep Singh Sidhu and directors of the realtor firm Jagdeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Rakesh Kumar Sharma yet has to be arrested.
In this regard the VB has registered a case under section 13 (1) (a), 13 (2) of prevention of corruption act and 409, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC at VB police station SAS Nagar, Punjab against all the above mentioned accused officers/officials of the PSIEC and former minister besides three directors of Gulmohar Township.
