Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing anti-corruption drive on Tuesday arrested two officials of education department besides two private persons for embezzlement for funds amounting to Rs. 10,01,120 received under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).

Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the VB said the Bureau had registered a case under FIR 14, dated 01-11-2022 under sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC at EOW wing , Ludhiana against Rakesh Gupta, Principal Government in-service training center Gurdaspur, now posted as Principal, Government girls senior secondry school, Bhagowal, Gurdaspur, Rampal, Lecturer, Government in-service training center Gurdaspur, now posted as Principal, Government Senior secondry school Kathlor, Pathankot District, Jatinder Kumar, owner of Krishna Tent House and Mukesh Mahajan of Taragarh owner of firm named Sigma decorate.

He further added that during the investigation of this case, it was found that the above said In-Service Traning Centre Gurdaspur received this grant under RMSA for the training centre. Under the said scheme, Rakesh Gupta, Principal and Rampal, Lecturer in conniving with others prepared bogus bills of fake firms to usurp the funds. The accused transferred the government money to a thier personal bank account and thereby caused financial loss to the state exchequer by embezzling the total funds of Rs 10,01,120 released for hiring different types of services, chairs, tables, tent and others.

He informed that on the basis of this probe it was established that the above mentioned accused has misappropriated the funds. In this regard the Bureau has arrested all of the above said accused. Further investigation in this case is under progress.

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Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, on Tuesday arrested Baghirath Rai, former president of Municipal Committee Sunam, Sangrur district on the charges of embezzlement in the government funds.

Disclosing this here today a pokesperson of the VB said the Bureau has conducted a through probe into the misappropriation of funds in the MC Sunam. During the investigation it was found that Baghirath Rai prepared fake bills pertaining to repair of his official vehicle. In addition to this he had not properly implemented the prescribed advertisement policy in the MC as instructed by the state government during his tenure for two times thereby caused a financial loss of about Rs 4 lakh to the state exchequer.

The spokesperson further added that in this regard a case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered at VB Police Station Patiala and further investigation is under progress.

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Chandigarh : Aiming to eradicate corruption in the state the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) during its ongoing campaign has unearthed a scam in Regional Transport Authority (RTA) office Sangrur and registered a criminal case against the RTA, Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI), two clerks, two middlemen and private agents. In this case the VB has arrested two employees of this office and a middleman.

Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the State Vigilance Bureau said in this scam involvement of RTA Sangrur, MVI, their clerical staff and private persons has come to light who in connivance with each other used to collect bribes from various agents operating in the State for issuing fitness certificates to different types of vehicles without following prescribed rules of the state government.He informed that as per rules of transport department all commercial vehicles had to obtain fitness certificate from the RTA office in order to ply on the roads and all such vehicles along with their documents have to be physically inspected by the MVI in his office.

Revealing the modus operandi he added that these officials in connivance with agents and middlemen were blatantly issuing fitness certificates without any physical verification of vehicles in lieu of bribes ranging from Rs 2800 to Rs 1000 per vehicle depending on model of vehicle. In this way the RTA and MVI were passing the vehicles only on the basis of documents without physical inspections of vehicles that has to be parked at a specified place for inspection on the spot.The spokesperson further added that on the basis of complaints received in this regard a VB team conducted a surprise checking in the office of MVI Sangrur that exposed the scam. In this case the VB has arrested 3 accused on the spot namely Dharminder Pal @ Bunty (Agent) resident of Sangrur alongwith dealing clerk Gurucharan Singh and Data entry Operator Jagsir Singh and bribe money of about Rs 40,000 besides many documents related with this ongoing scam were also recovered.He added that in this case FIR No. 19 Dated 18-08-2022 u/s 420, 120-B IPC and 7 & 7A of Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered at VB police station Patiala against Ravinder Singh Gill RTA, Mahinder Pal MVI, Gurcharan Singh Clerk, Jagsir Singh Data Entry Operator, Dharminder Pal alias Bunty and Sukhwinder Sukhi both middlemen and other private agents.He informed that during the preliminary investigation conducted so far, this scam was going on since last 7-8 years and more than 2000-2500 vehicles were being issued fitness certificates every month which was not possible for a person to physically inspect such large number of vehicles during the period and bribe money of Rs 35-40 lakhs have been collected every month making this scam run in crores. He added that further investigation was under progress and the role of all officials posted in this office earlier would also be probed and strict action as per law would be initiated.

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ਸਾਬਕਾ ਡੀਜੀਪੀ ਸੁਮੇਧ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੈਣੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲਾਂ ਹੋਰ ਵਧ ਗਈਆਂ ਹਨ। ਹੁਣ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਖਿਲਾਫ ਭ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟਾਚਾਰ ਦਾ ਮਾਮਲਾ ਦਰਜ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਕੇਸ ਤਹਿਤ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਜੀਲੈਂਸ ਬਿਊਰੋ ਦੀ ਟੀਮ ਨੇ ਸੋਮਵਾਰ ਸ਼ਾਮ ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ ਦੇ ਸੈਕਟਰ-20 ਸਥਿਤ ਸੁਮੇਧ ਸੈਣੀ ਦੇ ਘਰ ਛਾਪਾ ਮਾਰਿਆ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਸੈਣੀ ਮੁਹਾਲੀ ਦੇ ਸਿੱਖ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਬਲਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮੁਲਤਾਨੀ ਨੂੰ ਜ਼ਬਰਦਸਤੀ ਘਰੋਂ ਚੁੱਕ ਕੇ ਕਥਿਤ ਤੌਰ ’ਤੇ ਮੌਤ ਦੇ ਘਾਟ ਉਤਾਰਨ ਤੇ ਬੇਅਦਬੀ ਤੇ ਗੋਲੀ ਕਾਂਡ ਦੇ ਕੇਸਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਘਿਰੇ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ। ਹੁਣ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਜੀਲੈਂਸ ਬਿਊਰੋ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਾਬਕਾ ਡੀਜੀਪੀ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਆਮਦਨ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਸੰਪਤੀ ਜੁਟਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਨਵਾਂ ਕੇਸ ਮੁਹਾਲੀ ਦੇ ਵਿਜੀਲੈਂਸ ਥਾਣੇ ’ਚ ਦਰਜ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।

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