Graft accused IAS officer Sanjay Popli’s 26-year-old son Kartik reportedly died by suicide at his house in Sector 11 here on Saturday afternoon even as a team of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau claimed making a huge recovery of gold and valuables from the premises.
IAS officer Sanjay Popli was arrested on June 20, for allegedly demanding a 1 per cent commission as a bribe of Rs 7 lakhs for clearance of tenders for laying of sewerage pipeline.
In a tragic incident, the twenty-seven year-old son of IAS officer Sanjay Popli, currently under arrest in a graft case, died of bullet wounds here on Saturday. While the police claimed that he committed suicide, the family members alleged foul play.
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau had earlier this
The lawyer of arrested IAS Sanjay Popli whose son was allegedly shot dead in front of his eyes, on Sunday said he is seeking the police s permission to allow the bureaucrat to perform the last rites of his son and will file bail applications further.