Unlawful Compensation Rip-off : Vigilance Bureau Arrests Six Extra Accused for Acquiring Wrongful Positive aspects Price Crores of Rupees
Chandigarh, Could 23:
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), throughout its ongoing marketing campaign in opposition to corruption within the state, arrested six extra accused on Tuesday within the unlawful compensation rip-off involving planting of guava bushes in village Bakarpur, SAS Nagar district. The arrested people, comprising three males and three girls, obtained compensation value crores of rupees from the state authorities via unlawful means through the land acquisition within the mentioned village. To date, whole 15 accused concerned on this rip-off have been arrested by the VB.
Disclosing this at this time, a spokesperson of the state VB mentioned the arrested people on this case embrace Sunita Gupta, spouse of PD Gupta, her son Gaurav Kansal, each residents of Home No. 199, Sector 18, Chandigarh, Gurminder Singh and Harminder Singh, their mom Sukhraj Kaur, apart from Amrik Kaur, widow of Daljit Singh, all residents of Bakarpur village.
He additional knowledgeable that through the investigation of mentioned unlawful compensation rip-off, the VB has obtained voluminous documentary information from the Departments of Income, Land Acquisition Collector, GMADA, Sub-Registrar Mohali, Horticulture, and so on., and analyzed them intimately relating to the roles and actions of the alleged beneficiaries. These beneficiaries have induced wrongful achieve to themselves and incurred vital losses to the exchequer in connivance with some officers of various departments.
Consequently, quite a few beneficiaries have been nominated as accused, and their premises have been raided on Tuesday to impact their arrests, he added.
The spokesperson additional added that through the probe, it was discovered that PD Gupta, his spouse Sunita Gupta, and their two sons Gaurav Kansal and Abhishek Kansal, all residents of Home No. 199, Sector 18, Chandigarh, bought one acre of land in Bakarpur village in 2018, with every member having an equal 1/4 share. In the course of the acquisition course of, they fraudulently claimed compensation of roughly Rs. one crore by falsely asserting {that a} guava orchard had been planted on the mentioned land since 2016. The aforementioned members of the family have been named as accused on this case, and at this time, Gaurav Kansal and his mom Sunita Gupta have been arrested, he mentioned.
Equally, Gurminder Singh and Harminder Singh, each sons of Amar Singh, together with their mom Sukhraj Kaur, all residents of Bakarpur village, additionally fraudulently claimed compensation of Rs. 1.84 crores every in collusion with officers from the Income and Horticulture Departments. They’ve been named as accused on this case and have been arrested by the Bureau.
Offering additional particulars, he knowledgeable that Amrik Kaur, the widow of Daljit Singh, and her son Varinder Singh, residents of village Bakarpur, had additionally obtained wrongful compensation of Rs. 1.25 lakhs every. Amrik Kaur has been arrested after being named as an accused on this case. Moreover, numerous groups of the VB carried out raids at totally different areas throughout the state to apprehend different accused people, and a particular operation was presently ongoing, he added.