The Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) has claimed to have unearthed another scam regarding fraud in labour cartage, transport tenders and works in grain markets by the contractors in conniving with concerned officers/employees in Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar. A case has been registered against three contractors on Friday at the VB Police Station Jalandhar, for allegedly committing fraud and embezzlement causing huge loss to the state exchequer. The accused have been identified as Telu Ram, Yashpal and Ajaypal from village Udhanwal in Balachaur sub division of SBS Nagar district. The role of other tenderers and government officials of the district will be probed during the investigation of the case as alleged in the complaint in this regard.
In the official statement, vigilance bureau said that it was also come to light that Telu Ram, Yashpal and Ajaypal, the accused in the above case, have purchased many properties in the name of themselves and their families by committing such scams, which would be thoroughly investigated during the investigation. The accused contractor Telu Ram is already in jail due to his arrest in a similar case registered by VB Ludhiana while the raids are being conducted to arrest the remaining two accused, Yashpal and Ajaypal.
The spokesperson said during the tenders for labour cartage and transport in the grain markets for wheat/paddy/stock articles in the year 2020-2021, Honey Kumar, proprietor of RS Co-operative labour and construction Society…
