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High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Punjab Corruption Allegations
The Enforcement Directorate sent three letters to Punjab’s police chief about alleged corruption.
The letters named a staff member linked to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and two associates.
They alleged that the people named interfered with government job transfers and tenders.
Punjab Police had not registered a case, according to the article.
A petition asked the High Court to send the matter to the CBI for an independent investigation.
The High Court ordered the CBI to investigate.
It must send its report within two months.
Pratap Singh Bajwa welcomed the decision and said anyone found guilty should be punished.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the CBI to investigate the case concerning an Enforcement Directorate letter to Punjab’s police chief.
The court directed the CBI to submit its report within two months.
The ED’s three letters alleged that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s OSD Rajbir Singh Ghuman and associates Nitin Gohal and Bir Devinder were involved in corruption.
The ED alleged interference in administrative transfers and postings and government tenders, and called for an FIR.
Punjab opposition leader Pratap Singh Bajwa welcomed the order and called for a fair, impartial, time-bound investigation.
- Who
- The Punjab and Haryana High Court ordered the CBI to investigate; the case concerns allegations involving Rajbir Singh Ghuman and associates Nitin Gohal and Bir Devinder.
- What
- The court transferred the case concerning an Enforcement Directorate letter to the CBI and directed it to submit a report.
- Where
- Punjab; the order was issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- When
- The order and Bajwa’s response came on Monday; the article does not specify the date.
- Why
- A petition sought an independent investigation after Punjab Police did not register a case concerning allegations raised in the ED’s letters.
Key facts
- Investigating agency
- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
- Court
- Punjab and Haryana High Court
- CBI reporting deadline
- Within two months
- ED letters
- Three letters were sent to Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav
- People named in allegations
- Rajbir Singh Ghuman, Nitin Gohal and Bir Devinder
- Petitioner
- Advocate Nikhil Saraf filed the PIL
- Bajwa’s response
- He welcomed the order and called for a fair, impartial and time-bound investigation
Quotes
Pratap Singh Bajwa
Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly
“I welcome the Hon'ble High Court's decision and hope the CBI conducts a fair, impartial and time-bound investigation. Those who looted Punjab's exchequer must be booked and punished, irrespective of how powerful they are.”
thehansindia.com
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