Punjab vigilance arrests woman in embezzlement case

The Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) on Friday arrested an accused Charan Kaur of Goure village in Kapurthala district for misappropriating a grant of ₹45,000.

The Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) on Friday arrested an accused Charan Kaur of Goure village in Kapurthala district for misappropriating a grant of ₹45,000.

The accused was absconding for the last four years in this case. (Representational Photo)

The VB spokesperson said the accused colluded with others and embezzled ₹45,000 out of total central grant of ₹13.50 lakh received for the poor and homeless under Indira Awas Yojana by Gram Panchayat Mehmedwal in Kapurthala in the year 2012. The accused was absconding for the last four years in this case.

Out of the total 132 accused involved in this case registered six years ago, 117 accused had already been arrested so far and the search for the remaining accused was under progress.

He said the then ADC development-cum-chief executive officer Zila Parishad, Kapurthala Satish Chander Vashist in connivance with Asa Singh sarpanch of Mehmedwal village and Kulwant Singh, panchayat secretary, had embezzled the grant through cheques by issuing them in the name of ineligible beneficiaries.

In this regard, the VB had registered a case on February 3, 2017 against 132 accused persons under sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the IPC and section 13(1), 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Vigilance Bureau police station Jalandhar range.