Punjab Officer Arrested For 'Misusing Post', Opposition Claims Picked Up From Cremation Ground
NDTV
A Vigilance Bureau spokesperson said Mr Singh had been booked for allegedly conniving with other officials of the PSIEC in the case of transferring an industrial plot in violation of norms.
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested the executive director of the Punjab State Industrial Export Corporation (PSIEC), who was booked for allegedly conniving with other officials of the corporation to provide undue benefit to a realtor firm.
The action against SP Singh came under fire from opposition parties, which claimed that he was arrested from the cremation ground in Mohali on Saturdya when he was performing the last rites of his father and veteran journalist NS Parwana.
Several political leaders, including Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar, had condoled Mr Parwana's demise. ML Khattar was present at Mr Parwana's cremation.
A Vigilance Bureau spokesperson said Mr Singh had been booked for allegedly conniving with other officials of the PSIEC in the case of transferring an industrial plot in violation of norms, and causing huge loss to the state exchequer.
