Facing serious allegations of graft and other irregularities during his tenure as forest and social welfare minister in the Capt Amarinder Singh-led Congress government, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot enjoyed political patronage owing to his closeness to Amarinder and MP Preneet Kaur.
CHANDIGARH, June 7: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau arrested former state minister and Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot on corruption charges in the early hours on Tuesday, officials said. Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring described the arrest as “political vendetta” and asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to let the law take its course and not resort to “kangaroo court justice”. The social welfare and forest minister in the previous Amarinder Singh-led Government was arrested from Amloh. Dharamsot’s arrest came […]
The arrests were made based on the information given by district forest officer Guramanpreet Singh, and a private contractor Harmohinder Singh alias Hummy who were arrested on June 2, 2022
Uniindia: Chandigarh, June 7 (UNI) The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday arrested former Forest Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot for alleged involvement in corruption pertaining to issue of permits to cut Khair trees, transfer of officials, purchases and issue of NOCs. <br /