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The Punjab Vigilance Bureau, continuing its efforts to crack down on corruption in the state, registered a total of 251 trap cases, criminal cases and 288 government officials/employees and private individuals in 2023 till 26 December. has been arrested
Among the accused arrested in the said cases are 66 police personnel and 44 revenue officers/employees. Apart from this, cases were registered against 7 political leaders and 70 government officials/employees in these cases. Along with this, an amount of Rs. 59,57,000 was recovered in 133 different trap cases during this year.
Giving this information, an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau said that the Bureau has adopted a multi-pronged approach to crack down on bribe takers and spread awareness among the general public. He said that during this year, all the officers/employees of the Vigilance Bureau have performed their duties with tireless hard work, honesty and diligence in every field for the elimination of corruption and corrupt activities among the government employees and others in the state led by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann. The firm commitment of the government stood guard and filed cases against the accused.
Giving more information about the performance of the Vigilance Bureau, he said that during the ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, the Bureau has registered 103 criminal cases and 15 cases of wealth creation in excess of income. During this period, various special courts decided 33 cases filed by the Vigilance Bureau, resulting in the conviction and sentence of 43 employees. Vigilance has filed challans of 181 cases in various courts during this period. Apart from this, 82 vigilance probes were also registered for thorough investigation of corruption related cases.
Talking about the achievements of the Chief Minister's anti-corruption action line launched by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on 23-03-2022, the spokesperson said that the evidence of audio-video recordings has been submitted to the Bureau by 26-12-2023. Including 11,074 complaints have been received.
Out of these, 5740 complaints were sent to the concerned departments for action and 630 complaints were sent to various vigilance ranges so that appropriate action could be taken after investigating them. After thorough investigation by vigilance ranges, 151 accused were arrested in 124 FIRs registered so far.
Giving detailed information about various trap cases, the spokesperson told about some specific cases registered by different Vigilance Ranges that during the year 2023, Vigilance Bureau Range Bathinda sent to Baljit Singh Brar, DSP, Maur Mandi, District Bathinda. Taking a bribe of Rs.30,000, Amit Ratan, MLA, Bathinda Rural, taking a bribe of Rs.4,00,000, R.K. Gupta, Superintendent Engineer, Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Mohali was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs.1,00,000.
Similarly, Sartaj Singh Randhawa Executive Engineer Mining, District Hoshiarpur and Harjinder Singh SDO, Mining, Dasuha District Hoshiarpur by Vigilance Range Jalandhar for taking Rs 5,00,000 bribe and Sarabjit Singh SDO Mining and others Rs 40,000. Arrested on the charge of taking bribe
He further said that SMO Dr. posted at Community Health Center Sahnewal in District Ludhiana. Poonam Goyal and Dr. Gaurav Jain was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000. Similarly, Rs 2,00,000 to Amarjit Kumar, Assistant Engineer (Additional Charge Panchayat Department, Rajpura) and Manish Kumar Jindal, Additional Superintendent Engineer, Sub-Division PSPC, in two separate cases by the Patiala Vigilance Range. L. Lehra Gaga, Sangrur, arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000.
Apart from this, Vipan Kumar Sharma, BDPO, Block Batala, District Gurdaspur, received a bribe of Rs 15,000 from the Amritsar unit, while Gurpreet Singh, Executive Engineer, Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA), Amritsar, received Rs 20,000. He was arrested while taking a bribe.
He further informed that Sukhwinder Singh Multani, Executive Engineer, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) was caught by Vigilance Range Amritsar while accepting a bribe of Rs.4 lakh. In another case, a case was registered against Kuldeep Singh, DDPO (retd) and others for allotting government land in connivance with private persons. Apart from this, the Vigilance Range Economic Offenses Wing, Ludhiana has arrested former Registrar of Punjab State Pharmacy Council Praveen Kumar Bhardwaj and Dr. Apart from Tejveer Singh, accountant (now superintendent) Ashok Kumar was also arrested.
The spokesperson further said that during the current year Vigilance Bureau Flying Squad Range Punjab has registered cases against several political leaders, gazetted officers and police officers on charges of causing financial loss to the state, including the Managing Director, Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation (PSC). .SIEC) Neelima, IAS, former Punjab Minister Sham Sunder Arora and Jagdeep Singh, owner of Gulmohar Township Mohali and others. In addition, a case was registered against former Finance Minister Punjab Manpreet Singh Badal and others for alleged irregularities in the purchase of plots which caused a financial loss of Rs 65 lakh to the exchequer. Similarly, AIG, Human Rights, Punjab Police Malwinder Singh Sidhu and others were arrested on charges of taking bribe by threatening to implicate government officials/employees in false cases.
Adopting a policy of zero tolerance towards corruption, the Vigilance Bureau has handed over agricultural land to Jagdeep Singh Johal, PCS, Dinesh Kumar, Deputy Director (Retd), Horticulture, Jaspreet Singh Sidhu and Vaishali (both Horticulture Development Officer) and others. And was arrested on the charge of taking compensation illegally by showing a guava garden. Similarly, PSPCL has been accused of causing a financial loss of Rs 4.78 crore to the government. Jagmohan Singh, Ravinder Singh and Vinod Kumar, all Chief Engineers (Retd.), MR. A case was registered against Thapar and Parminder Singh, both Deputy Chief Engineers (retd), Sukhwant Singh AEE (now AEE), Jaswinder Singh Virdi, AEE, and others. Apart from this, Ravi Pankaj Sharma, Assistant Town Planner, Jalandhar and others were arrested for taking bribe of Rs.8,00,000.
Giving more details, he said that PCS posted as RTA, Ludhiana. A case was registered against officer Narinder Singh Dhaliwal by Vigilance Bureau Range Ludhiana on the charge of taking monthly bribe from private transporters. Apart from this, in the year 2008-2009, Dr. A case was registered against Satwant Singh Mohi, former member, Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC), Patiala and others.
The spokesperson further said that during the current year, the Vigilance Bureau filed cases against political leaders, gazetted officers and police officers on the charge of making more assets than their income, including former Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, former Deputy Chief Minister Punjab O.P. Soni, former Media Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Bharatinder Singh Chahal, former MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon, former MLA, Ferozepur Rural Satkar Kaur Gehri and her husband Jasmail Singh, former MLA and former member, PPSC. Patiala Dr. Satwant Singh Mohi, AIG Ashish Kapoor, PPS, and his wife Kamal Kapoor and former Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner (DETC), Patiala Yuvinder Singh Matta.
Giving more information, he said that the Vigilance Bureau has contacted former Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi, Director Tourism Kamalpreet Brar, IAS and Sanjay Kumar, IAS regarding the leasing of Punjab government land in Goa at a very low price. A.S. (Retd) was registered against Vigilance Investigation (VEE) this year. is Apart from this, a vigilance inquiry was registered against Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Deputy Director Parminder Singh Gill and other officers/employees of the Social Security Department of Punjab on the charge of embezzlement of Rs.303.90 crore in the funds released for the post-matric scholarship scheme.
Apart from this, former Minister Punjab Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Conservator of Forests, Shivalik Pahariyas, Punjab Vishal Chauhan, IFS, former Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal, IAS, have been booked on charges of disproportionate assets. (Retired), Dr. Swaran Singh Channi, IAS (Retd.), Jagdish Singh Johal, PCS. (Retd.), Land Acquisition Officer, Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA), Mayor, Municipal Corporation SAS. Nagar Amarjit Singh Jiti, AIG, Human Rights Cell, Punjab Police Malwinder Singh Sidhu, PPS, Executive Officer, Coordination, Pudda, SAS Nagar Mahesh Bansal, Executive Engineer, Public Works Department (B&R) Sangrur Vipan Bansal, Commandant General, Punjab Home Guards and Civil Defense Kultaran Singh Ghuman, Chief Environmental Engineer, PPCB, Ludhiana Sandeep Bahl and main accused in the Guava Orchard case Vigilance investigation initiated against Bachitra Singh, Patwari.
He further said that during the Vigilance Awareness Week, the Vigilance Bureau conducted a state-level awareness campaign in which seminars and public meetings were held in urban and rural areas to root out corruption from the society and oath of honesty was also administered to all officials and employees. was paid
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