SDO arrested, VB searching other accused
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, November 21-
The VB in line with the zero-tolerance policy against corruption adopted by the Punjab government led by CM Mann, has registered a corruption case against Gulab Singh, Sub Divisional Officer (SDO), Irrigation department Ferozepur, and Davinder Singh, Agricultural Sub-Inspector, Ferozpur for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000,00. Both the accused were were Returning Officer (RO) and Assistant Returning Officer (ARO) respectively during the recently held Panchayats elections who had taken the bribe money from a candidate. In this case one of the main accused Gulab Singh, SDO has been arrested and VB teams searching for the other accused.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the VB said this case has been registered against both the aforementioned public servants following an investigation into a complaint lodged by Gurpreet Singh, a farmer from village Mana Singh Wala, block Ghall Khurd, in Ferozpur on the Chief Minister’s Anti-Corruption Action Line.
He informed that during the investigation, it was found that the complainant, Gurpreet Singh had filed his nomination papers to contest election for the position of Sarpanch in the recently held Panchayats elections of 2024 from his village.
