Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh October 15-
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has registered a corruption case against Rajinder Singh, Superintending Engineer, (Now retired), Ranbir Singh, Executive Engineer (XEN) and Pankaj Garg, Deputy Controller Finance and Accounts (DCFA), posted in Municipal Corporation (MC) Ludhiana for misappropriation of funds amounting to Rs 3,16,58,421. In this case Ranbir Singh XEN has been arrested and would be produced in the court tomorrow.
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said this case has been registered against the above accused after an investigation of a complaint no. 359/2023 lodged by Jaspinder Singh, Electric Pump Driver, posted at Zone C, MC Ludhiana. The complainant had alleged that Ranbir Singh XEN, posted in operation and maintenance branch, had received of Rs 3,16,58,421 as an advance payments from May 2021 to September 2022 from the MC accounts for making payments to the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) for various tubewell works but it was misappropriated by the officers in connivance with each other.