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Panchkula plot allotment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda, 21 others named in ED chargesheet
Panchkula plot allotment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda, 21 others named in ED chargesheet
The case involves the allocation of 14 industrial plots worth Rs 30.34 crore to the acquaintances of the then Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in 2013. The agency had initiated an investigation on the basis of an FIR lodged by the State Vigilance Bureau, Haryana in December 2015.
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Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. (Photo: PTI)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet against 22 people accused in the Panchkula Industrial Plot Allotment Scam including former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, officials said.
The agency, in a press release, said that further probe revealed that as a result of criminal conspiracy, the then Chief Minister, Haryana and ex-officio Chairman, HUDA, four retired IAS officers and other office bearers of HUDA, Panchkula, Haryana illegally benefited pre-selected acquaintances of the then CM, Haryana by allotting them 14 Industrial Plots denying allotment to more worthy applicants.
Besides Hooda, four retired IAS officers namely Dharam Pal Singh Nagal (the then Chief Administrator, HUDA); Surjit Singh (the then Administrator, HUDA; Subhash Chandra Kansal (the then Chief Controller of Finance, HUDA) and Narinder Kumar Solanki (the then Zonal Administrator, Faridabad Zone, HUDA) and other HUDA official Bharat Bhushan Taneja (the then Superintendent, HUDA) and all the 14 allottees and beneficiaries of the Industrial Plots Allocation case have been named in the charge sheet by ED.
Langar service in full swing at Tikri Border
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Sat, Feb 6 2021 20:27 IST |
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New Delhi, Feb 6 : Community kitchen service or Langar is in full swing at the Delhi-Haryana border.
Bhupender Singh Hooda, in-charge of the NGO Zamindara Chatra Sabha and a resident of Rohtak, told IANS, From the very first day, we are with the farmers.
He added that initially for two days, they provided the farmers with milk and bananas before initiating the community kitchen service.
Indarjeet Barak, national in-charge of the NGO s IT cell, told IANS that it is their duty to serve the farmers.