Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested Naib Tehsildar Raghbir Singh posted at Sri Anandpur Sahib, who had registered land measuring about 54 acres of Karura village in Rupnagar district in connivance with some private individuals which was sold to the state government at a price higher than the preval
In the multi-crore scam involving fraudulent sale of 54 acres of reserved forest land to the forest department, shown as non-forest land, Punjab Vigilance Bureau is probing the role of arrested former Forest Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in the case.
In the first fallout of the arrest of former forest minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot and DFO Guramanpreet Singh by Punjab Vigilance Bureau, CM Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government today removed IFS officer Parveen Kumar from the post of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Head of Forestry Force (HOFF)