Forest Scam: Former Ropar MLA Amarjit Sandoya on VB radar, Innova Crysta seized
Rupnagar, September 03: In a major crackdown against corruption, Vigilance Bureau Punjab has seized the Innova Crysta car of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amarjit Singh Sandoya. It was allegedly bought with the corruption money of forest scam after which the vigilance blacklisted it.
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However, Sandoya has clarified that he had given this car to his father-in-law for use and that they know nothing about this scam, opponents are conspiring against them. He has told the whole thing to CM Bhagwant Mann. In the last assembly elections, Sandoya was the only MLA who was not given a ticket by AAP.
Vigilance has registered an FIR in Nurpur Bedi Police Station against the Bhinder brothers who gave this vehicle. This was confirmed by Police Station Chief Inspector Gursevak Singh Brar.
Vigilance had exposed the scam of selling forest department land in Ropar at a rate ten times higher than the collector rate two months ago. The investigation revealed that the Innova Crysta vehicle used by former MLA Sandoya for the last one year was bought with fraudulent money. This car was bought by a relative of Sandoya which he had been using for about a year.
When the Vigilance Bureau checked the bank accounts, it came to light that Bhinder Brothers, named in this scam, had deposited Rs 2 crore in the account of a Jalandhar woman. The woman deposited some of this amount in the account of her husband Barinder Kumar. Barinder transferred Rs 19 lakh to a car dealer's account on 16 October 2020 with which this Innova Crysta was bought. The car was registered in the name of Mohan Singh of village Ghadaspur. Mohan Singh is the father-in-law of former AAP MLA Sandoya. It has been learned from the sources that the vigilance team can take Sandoya into custody soon.
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