Punjab forest scam: Govt allows prosecution of Sadhu Singh Dharamsot by Vigilance Bureau

Mohali, November 8:  The Punjab Government has approved the prosecution of former minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau in the forest scam. Besides, the prosecution of IFS Vishal Chauhan and DFO Gurmanpreet Singh has also been approved.

The matter had reached Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann after the opposition to departmental powers of the prosecution. Following this, CM Bhagwant Mann approved the prosecution.

Notably, a corruption case against Congress leaders and former Punjab forest ministers Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and Sangat Singh Gilzian was registered following revelations by a district forest officer (DFO) and a private contractor . They were arrested earlier by the Vigilance Bureau in a corruption case.

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The VB also arrested Mohali DFO Gurmanpreet and contractor Harmohinder Singh Hummy on June 2 for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the representatives of World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services for favouring the firm in a project. 

The FIR registered by the Punjab Vigilace Bureau also named former minister Sangat Singh Gilzian, who was the forest minister during Charanjit Singh Channi tenure. 

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