[Chd,Pb] Punjab Vigilance Trapped 14 Corrupt Officials In Feb
State Vigilance Bureau (VB) has nabed 14 officials red handed accepting bribes in 11 different trap cases during the last month which includes
5 police personnel,
5 revenue [Patwari]officials and
4 belonging to other departments.
As per chief director-cum-ADGP vigilance bureau Punjab B.K. Uppal, bureau had submitted challans of ten vigilance cases in various special courts in February. Apart from this, six vigilance enquires have also been registered to probe into the allegations against public servants.
Harinder Singh senior assistant of treasury office Punjab along with
Dev Raj,
Kuldeep Singh and
Bant Singh (all private persons) were convicted and sentenced with 7 years imprisonment and fine of Rs. 6.4 lac and 5.4 lac each by additional sessions judge SAS Nagar.
In another case Baldev Singh, junior assistant in district treasury office Ludhiana was sentenced with 2 months imprisonment and fine of Rs. 25,000 by additional sessions judge Ludhiana.
Surinder Kumar, clerk of MC Patiala was sentenced with 4 year imprisonment and fine of Rs. 1.5 lac by additional sessions judge Patiala. Manjinder Singh clerk of cooperative bank, Mehma Sarja in Bathinda district was sentenced with 7 years imprisonment and fine of Rs. 42,75,000 by additional sessions judge Bathinda.
Likewise Ravinderpal Singh Sidhu chairman Punjab Public Service Commission was sentenced with 7 years imprisonment and fine of Rs. 75 lac by additional sessions judge SAS Nagar.
Vinay Kumar, Clerk of MC Bathinda was sentenced with 4 years imprisonment and fine of Rs. 10,000 by additional sessions judge Bathinda and
Sarwan Singh secretary cooperative societies Moga was sentenced with 4 years imprisonment and fine of Rs. 10,000 by additional sessions judge Moga.