VB arrests three more accused in PSIEC plot allotment case

Chandigarh: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Darshan Kumar, alias Darshan Garg, and Amarjit Singh, both retired Estate Officers along with Vijay Kumar Gupta, Senior Assistant, in connection with the fraudulent allotment of industrial plots of the Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Limited (PSIEC).

Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the VB informed that the arrests followed the accused have surrendering in the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Mohali.

He further added that in this regard a case, had already been registered under FIR No. 04 dated March 8, 2024 under sections 420, 409, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 13(1)A read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act at VB police station, Flying Squad-1, Punjab, at SAS Nagar.

He informed that the aforementioned officials in connivance with others had committed irregularities in the allotment of industrial plots by using bogus buyers, fake addresses, and fictitious firms. In this case further investigation was under progress, he added.