Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh July 31-
The Punjab VB has arrested accused Iqbal Singh Sandhu, a retired PCS officer in connection with a scam committed during the acquisition of 94.97 acres of land for Surya Enclave Extension by the Improvement Trust Jalandhar. He was then posted as SDM-cum-Land Acquisition Collector (LAC), Improvement Trust, Jalandhar.
Giving detailed information in this regard, an official spokesperson of the VB said that during the probe it was found that at the time of payment of compensation of the said land to its actual owners, fake documents were prepared in the place of real beneficiaries.
During the investigation, it was found that Sandhu and his acquaintance accused Manjit Sharma had created files by attaching fake documents regarding distribution of compensation to the owners. He cleared the those files within 3-4 days and bank cheques amounting to Rs. 5,49,18,523 were issued in the name of fake persons, while these individuals were not actually entitled to get compensation.
In this case, 14 accused had already been arrested so far including Sukhdev Singh, Prem Prakash, Mohit Bhardwaj, Deepak Sadana, Amandeep Singh, Kulwant Singh, Jatinder Kumar Sharma, Tarlok Singh Bittu, Sandeep Sharma, Surinder Kumar, Gurdeep Singh, Rajinder Singh and Ravi Kumar.