Member of Bikram Singh Majithia’s legal team says Akali Dal leader ‘resigned as director of firm Saraya Industries, and his role was limited to that of a shareholder’.
Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested Majithia at his residence in Amritsar. Raids carried out at around 25 premises linked to Majithia across the state, including around 9 in Amritsar.
P K Sinha, ADGP intelligence, gets additional charge of vigilance bureau. Others who got suspension orders are AIG Swarandeep Singh & SSP Harpreet Singh.
From showing inflated number of trees to leaking information about land acquisition, accused used all tactics to extract as much as compensation that could be drawn from govt.
BJP’s Manpreet Badal, an ex-finance minister, targeted Warring while addressing a press conference over questioning by vigilance bureau. Warring has hit back, calling Badal ‘corrupt’.
Dhillon had earlier said the allegations against him were false and politically motivated and claimed the ruling AAP was trying to suppress Congress leaders through these cases.
According to FIR, Jasmeen Kaur, other accused illegally bought land to be acquired by govt, in order to get compensation much higher than original cost. IAS Rajesh Dhiman denies allegations.
PCS cadre has gone on week’s leave to protest arrest of Narinder Dhaliwal, while IAS officers met CM to object FIR against Neelima Singh. Revenue officers also announce mass leave.
India should have secured greater savings by pressing Russia for prices nearer the cap while sustaining high volumes. This would have preserved strategic autonomy and served economic logic.
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.
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