According to the CBI, the complainant was due for promotion to the rank of general manager, for which a departmental promotion committee was constituted in January 2022 and senior IAS officer Paramjit Singh was part of it
The accused was identified as Paramjit Singh and challaned; on searching his car further, police recovered 58 boxes of liquor of various brands, covered with a bedsheet
The accused told the complainant that he worked as a peon in a government office in Sector 17, Chandigarh, and assured helping his relatives get jobs in government departments
The Koomkalan police arrested three persons for gambling, identified as Sukhwinder Singh of Bhaini Sahib, Khushwant Singh of Lato Joga village and Charanjeet Singh of Namdev Colony, from Dana Mandi in Katani Kalan and seized ₹20, 570 from their possession.
Police arrested Sanju of Phillaur for assaulting and tearing the uniform of head constable Paramjit Singh at a police check-post in Jalandhar's Phillaur.