High court hands over former SSP Shiv Kumar graft case to CBI

High court hands over former SSP Shiv Kumar graft case to CBI

Acting on a petition filed by former Vigilance Bureau Senior Superintendent of Police Shiv Kumar Sharma, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday transferred 9 year old graft case to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

A case was registered against former SSP in August 2009 at the Sadar police station in Ferozepur for allegedly implicating a 'patwari' (revenue official).

Shiv Kumar Sharma, then SSP (Vigilance Bureau) Patiala, had asked patwari Mohan Singh to furnish records related to his land in Fatehargh Sahib's Rurki village.

Mohan Singh delivered a copy to the SSP but when he asked for government fee of Rs.20, he was threatened, implicated in a graft case pertaining to Rs.2.65 cr paddy scam

Shiv Kumar Sharma, along with other Vigilance Bureau officials, was booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code in the graft case. An Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed in the case.

- PTC News