Chandigarh, May 16 (PTI) The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday arrested former Congress MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon for allegedly amassing “huge wealth” than his identified sources of earnings, officers mentioned. A corruption case has been registered towards Dhillon, alias Kiki Dhillon, together with co-accused Gursewak Singh, a resident of village Nanaksar, Faridkot district and Rajwinder Singh, a resident of village Dhanna Shaheed, Ferozepur district, after investigation, a spokesperson of the vigilance bureau mentioned.
The spokesperson, in a press release, additional mentioned that to evaluate the previous Faridkot MLA’s all movable and immovable belongings, a test interval of 5 years from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2022 had been fastened by the bureau.
“During the probe it was found that Dhillon had created wealth more than all his income and purchased properties in the names of other persons in village Mumara, tehsil Sadik, Faridkot. It was also found that he had made expenditures of about 245 per cent more than his known sources of income,” he added.
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The spokesperson mentioned {that a} case “under sections 13(1), 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC has been registered against all the accused at Vigilance Bureau police station, Ferozepur range”. “The former MLA has been arrested in this case and would be produced before a court tomorrow. Further investigation in this case is under progress,” he added.
Prior to his arrest, Dhillon had been questioned by the bureau, which had began an investigation towards the previous MLA after receiving a grievance, on greater than three events. Dhillon had earlier mentioned the allegations towards him have been false and politically motivated and claimed the ruling AAP was attempting to suppress Congress leaders by these instances.
The Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led AAP authorities has mentioned it has a zero tolerance coverage in the direction of corruption and can proceed as per regulation towards anybody who indulges in any wrongdoing. Earlier, Congress leaders and former Punjab Ministers, together with Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, have confronted vigilance instances underneath the current dispensation.
Last month, Congress chief and former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi appeared earlier than the Vigilance Bureau in reference to a disproportionate belongings case. Channi has described the probe as “totally political”.
