Faridkot: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau has registered a corruption case against six officials of the Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) Department in Faridkot and three private contractors for allegedly misappropriating ₹24.34 lakh allocated for the maintenance of the city’s water supply system.
The case names executive engineer Jaswinder Singh, sub-divisional engineer Sandeep Singh, junior engineer Parvinder Singh, senior assistants Jasmeet Singh and Tara Singh, and data entry operator Satnam Singh.
The three contractors named in the FIR are Karnail Singh, Hardeep Singh and Jasvir Singh.
The FIR has been registered under Sections 13(1)(a) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, along with relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) relating to alleged criminal conspiracy, forgery and criminal breach of trust.
The allegations are under investigation, and the charges against the accused have not been established in court.
