CBI books Punjab IAS officer for graft
The Hindu
Punjab Roadways official allegedly demanded bribe to ensure promotion of complainant
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked a serving Indian Administrative Service officer, currently a Director in the Punjab Roadways on graft charges. The accused, Paramjit Singh, is posted in Chandigarh.
The case was registered against him on a complaint from an official who was due for promotion to the rank of General Manager, for which a Departmental Promotion Committee was constituted in January.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.