Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, July 5-
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Friday has arrested Gaurav Gupta, ex-Municipal Councilor Kurali for helping the former Executive Officer (EO) of Municipal Council Zirakpur, Girish Verma, in a case of amassing disproportionate assets. In this case Girish Verma and his accomplices Sanjiv Kumar, a resident of Kharar, and Pawan Kumar Sharma resident of Panchkula, a coloniser, had already been arrested by the VB.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of VB said the Mohali court has allowed police remand of Gaurav Gupta for 4 days to the VB for further investigation of this case. He informed that in this regard the VB had registered a case FIR no. 18 in the year 2022 for accumulating disproportionate assets against Girish Verma and others. During investigation it was found that Girish Verma had purchased 19 prime residential/commercial properties in the names of his wife Sangeeta Verma and his son Vikas Verma.
He further revealed that said accused Girish Verma had remained posted as EO in the Municipal Councils of Zirakpur, Kharar, Kurali, Derabassi etc. and used to pass on wrongful benefits to the local builders/developers and in lieu of that he obtained illicit money in the form of bank entries in the names of his wife and son from the accounts of the said builders as unsecured loans.