Punjab Vigilance Bureau moves High Court seeking cancellation of bail to Sumedh Saini
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court demanding the cancellation of bail granted to former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini on August 12 in a corruption case. The plea will now be heard on September 6 (Monday).
On August 12, the Punjab and High High Court had granted protection from arrest to Sumedh Singh Saini and directed him to join the probe within seven days.
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The former Punjab DGP was arrested on August 18 in a cheating case, when he had gone to the Punjab Vigilance Bureau office to join the probe in the corruption case as directed by the High Court on August 12. However, a day later, the court termed his arrest illegal and ordered his release.
Disproportionate assets case
On August 12, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had granted interim anticipatory bail to Sumedh Saini in a disproportionate assets case registered against him and six others on August 2. However, the court directed him to join the probe within a week.
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The case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act and criminal conspiracy against the former DGP, along with six others, including public works department executive engineer Nimratdeep Singh and his father Surinderjit Singh Jaspal, who owned a house in Chandigarh’s Sector 20. The VB alleged Saini had acquired the said house in a fraudulent deal with fake documents and questionable financial transactions.
-PTC News
