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Ex-Punjab Congress minister held for corruption

Darpan News Desk IANS, 07 Jun, 2022 03:15 PM
  • Ex-Punjab Congress minister held for corruption

Chandigarh, June 7 (IANS) Just ahead of the visit of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to Punjab, the Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday arrested former minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Dharamsot, who was the Forest Minister in the previous Congress government led by Capt Amarinder Singh, is accused of being involved in illegal felling of over 25,000 trees.

Acting on the interrogation of earlier arrested Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Guramanpreet Singh and contractor Hummy, the police took Dharamsot into custody for the wrongdoings in the Forest Department.

The former minister had links with the arrested forest officials, said officials.

Along with him, a local journalist Kamaljit Singh, who was allegedly working as an aide, was also arrested.

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