Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrests former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in corruption case
In a major development, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Wednesday night arrested former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in connection with a corruption case and another FIR.
The contents of another FIR filed against Saini have not been disclosed yet. According to a top official of Punjab Vigilance Bureau, Sumedh Singh Saini on his own reached the Bureau office at 8 pm. He said that he wanted to join the investigation in the corruption case against him.
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As per the sources, Saini parked his car outside the compound gate in an order to project that he was there to join the investigation in a case in which he had got interim anticipatory bail. He was to join the investigation under orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on August 18, 2021.
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Upon receiving the information, the investigating officer arrested Sumedh Singh Saini while he continued sitting in his car. He also refused to get out of the car.
Likewise, he was formally arrested in another case for having committed offence of forgery in order to stall the process of attachment of a house in Sector 20-D, Chandigarh.
Ex-DGP has been claiming to be a tenant in the house following the retirement. Saini had moved the high court on Tuesday to seize the arrest.
He had sought directions to the investigating officer not to arrest him for “any other additional offences” in the corruption case against him. However, his petition was dismissed by the High Court.
-PT
