Industrial plot transfer case: Punjab VB arrests PSIEC officer SP Singh for misusing official position
Industrial plot transfer scam: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Saturday arrested SP Singh, Executive Director of the Punjab State Industrial Export Corporation (PSIEC), who was booked for conniving with other 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 on Sunday.
A spokesperson for the Punjab Vigilance Bureau said in this criminal case, former Industry Minister Sunder Sham Arora and other officials of the corporation had been booked for transferring and allowing bifurcation of industrial plot in Mohali to Gulmohar Township Private Limited, permitting it to establish a township.
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Apart from the above said accused, three owners and partners of Gulmohar Township had also been nominated in this case. He said the VB on Thursday arrested seven accused officers/officials of the PSIEC, who were on three-day police remand. They were 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 conniving with each other to provide undue benefit to the realtor firm.
Another 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 — are yet to be arrested.
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