Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh July 31-
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested accused Dr. Lakhwinder Singh Chahal (Retired), SMO and Ranjit Singh Senior Assistant, Primary Health Centre (PHC), Dhillwan in Kapurthala district after investigation of a scam in the disbursement of salaries of the officials/employees posted in Dhillwan PHC.
Giving detailed information in this regard, an official spokesperson of the VB said during the investigation of a Vigilance Enquiry, it was found that an accused in this case namely Rajwinder Singh Clerk, was previously involved in a salary fraud case at Sub-Divisional Hospital, Baba Bakala, Amritsar district. In this regard a case was registered against him in the year 2013 at VB police station, Amritsar range.
He informed that after this, the Director Health and Family Welfare Department, Punjab in 2016, had transferred this accused Clerk to PHC Dhillwan. Dr. Lakhwinder Singh Chahal, SMO Dhillawan, despite having the knowledge regarding the registration of a case related to salary fraud against the above mentioned accused, had deputed the tainted Clerk with another employee namely Ranjit Singh, a Bill Clerk as an assistant on his verbal orders to maintain salary accounts.