VB arrests two absconding accused in Jalandhar improvement trust land embezzlement case

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VB arrests two absconding accused in Jalandhar improvement trust land embezzlement case

Monday, 30 January 2023 | PNS | Chandigarh

 

Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Sunday arrested two accused — Rajinder Singh, and Ravi Kumar, both from Bilga village of Jalandhar district — absconding for more than three years in the embezzlement of compensation pertaining to the acquisition of land for Jalandhar Improvement Trust.

In this case, total of 14 accused have been arrested so far and the search for the rest is going on.

“94.97 acres of land was acquired by the Improvement Trust Jalandhar for Surya Enclave extension scheme, but while distributing the compensation, many accused, in connivance with officials of Trust, have embezzled the compensation amount to the tune of Rs 5.49 crores (5,49,18,523) in the names of fake persons and by preparing forged documents. In this regard, an FIR, dated October 29, 2013, under sections 409, 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 201, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 7, 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act at police station, New Barandri Jalandhar, was registered which was later transferred to the VB for further investigation,” said the spokesperson.

Spokesperson said in this case, the main accused Gobind Ram and Parshotam Lal had embezzled an amount of Rs 2.12 crores (2,12,76,211), and Rs 98.77 lakhs (98,77,843) respectively, with the connivance of the officers or employees of the Improvement Trust by preparing fake documents and out of this amount, Rs 35 lakhs and Rs 20 lakhs were received by Rajinder Singh and Ravi Kumar through cheques from the main accused Gobind Ram and Parshotam Lal respectively. In the matter, accused Manjit Sharma, Sukhdev Singh Patwari, Prem Prakash, lawyer Mohit Bhardwaj, lawyer Deepak Sadana, Amandeep Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jatinder Kumar Sharma, Tarlok Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Surinder Kumar Cashier and Gurdeep Singh have already been   arrested

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