Hamdard had approached the high court seeking transfer of the probe initiated by the Vigilance Bureau (VB), Jalandhar, to any independent agency like the CBI for de novo inquiry.
The Vigilance Bureau is probing Dr Barjinder Singh Hamdard in connection with the alleged misuse of funds in the execution of the Rs 315 crore Jang-e-Azadi project in Jalandhar district’s Kartarpur.
On Monday, a Surat court while pausing Rahul Gandhi’s two years sentence in connection with a defamation case, posted the matter for further hearing on April 13.
A three-member special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the high court had submitted the three reports in 2018 in connection with the drugs cases in Punjab. The SIT was headed by former Punjab DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya.
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