Punjab News

Tribune Information Service

Ruchika M Khanna

Chandigarh, February 23

The arrest of AAP’s Bathinda Rural MLA Amit Rattan Kotfatta by the Vigilance Bureau on Thursday was sanctioned by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday night time.

This was achieved after the forensic examination of the audio recording submitted by the complainant proved that the voice within the recording was that of the MLA.

Extremely positioned sources within the authorities instructed The Tribune that the CM made it clear on Wednesday night time that the Bathinda Rural MLA needed to be arrested as he was bringing a “unhealthy identify to the get together”. With the proof submitted by the complainant (audio recording) proving to be past the shadow of a doubt, the CM gave the go-ahead to the VB to arrest the MLA.

Indications in regards to the doable arrest have been additionally given by the CM to his cupboard colleagues within the cupboard assembly held on Tuesday. After the assembly, the CM had reportedly requested the ministers to desist from taking their shut kin/pals as PAs or OSDs. “They usually land a political particular person in hassle,” the CM had reportedly stated, when the difficulty of political jibes being made in opposition to the ruling get together by Opposition get together leaders over the difficulty of the Bathinda Rural MLA was mentioned.

Sources say that just a few weeks in the past, when the CM was on an official go to to Bathinda, locals had complained to him in regards to the MLA looking for graft. The CM had then requested his shut aides to quietly inquire the case. The allegations levelled by the locals have been additionally discovered to be substantive, claimed a prime official within the division.

Amit Rattan turns into the second get together MLA to be arrested on fees of graft, after then well being minister Vijay Singla was arrested. Just lately, the CM had additionally dropped Fauja Singh Sarari from the cupboard after allegations of corruption in opposition to him.