By way of PTI
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Sunday arrested Congress chief and previous deputy leader minister O P Soni for allegedly collecting belongings disproportionate to his recognized assets of source of revenue all the way through the duration between 2016 to 2022.
An FIR used to be registered on Sunday underneath the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Vigilance Bureau Police Station, Amritsar Vary in opposition to Soni following investigations within the inquiry, which used to be ordered on October 10, 2022, a VB spokesperson mentioned.
The spokesperson, in an professional commentary, mentioned that “all the way through the test duration from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2022, the source of revenue of the previous Deputy CM and his circle of relatives used to be Rs 4,52,18,771 whilst the expenditure used to be Rs 12,48,42,692, which used to be Rs 7,96,23,921 or 176.08 in step with cent greater than his recognized assets of source of revenue”.
“Right through this era, accused OP Soni had made houses within the title of his spouse Suman Soni and son Raghav Soni,” he claimed.
The spokesperson mentioned additional investigations on this case are on.
Previous, Soni had gave the impression ahead of the VB in Amritsar and joined the investigation.
Earlier than demitting his place of business, he had promised to offer the bureau all main points of his transportable and immovable houses.
The investigation is a results of an nameless grievance the bureau had gained accusing Soni of collecting houses past his recognized assets of source of revenue.
In Might, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau had arrested former Congress MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon for allegedly collecting “massive wealth” than his recognized assets of source of revenue, officers had mentioned previous.
The Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann-led AAP executive has mentioned it has a zero-tolerance coverage in opposition to corruption and can continue in line with the regulation in opposition to any person who indulges in any wrongdoing.
Previous, Congress leaders and previous Punjab Ministers, together with Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, have confronted vigilance circumstances underneath the prevailing dispensation.
Underneath the prevailing AAP dispensation, Congress chief and previous Punjab leader minister Charanjit Singh Channi has additionally gave the impression ahead of the Vigilance Bureau a couple of occasions in reference to a disproportionate belongings case.
Channi has described the probe as “completely political”.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Sunday arrested Congress chief and previous deputy leader minister O P Soni for allegedly collecting belongings disproportionate to his recognized assets of source of revenue all the way through the duration between 2016 to 2022.
An FIR used to be registered on Sunday underneath the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Vigilance Bureau Police Station, Amritsar Vary in opposition to Soni following investigations within the inquiry, which used to be ordered on October 10, 2022, a VB spokesperson mentioned.
The spokesperson, in an professional commentary, mentioned that “all the way through the test duration from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2022, the source of revenue of the previous Deputy CM and his circle of relatives used to be Rs 4,52,18,771 whilst the expenditure used to be Rs 12,48,42,692, which used to be Rs 7,96,23,921 or 176.08 in step with cent greater than his recognized assets of source of revenue”.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“Right through this era, accused OP Soni had made houses within the title of his spouse Suman Soni and son Raghav Soni,” he claimed.
The spokesperson mentioned additional investigations on this case are on.
Previous, Soni had gave the impression ahead of the VB in Amritsar and joined the investigation.
Earlier than demitting his place of business, he had promised to offer the bureau all main points of his transportable and immovable houses.
The investigation is a results of an nameless grievance the bureau had gained accusing Soni of collecting houses past his recognized assets of source of revenue.
In Might, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau had arrested former Congress MLA Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon for allegedly collecting “massive wealth” than his recognized assets of source of revenue, officers had mentioned previous.
The Leader Minister Bhagwant Mann-led AAP executive has mentioned it has a zero-tolerance coverage in opposition to corruption and can continue in line with the regulation in opposition to any person who indulges in any wrongdoing.
Previous, Congress leaders and previous Punjab Ministers, together with Bharat Bhushan Ashu and Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, have confronted vigilance circumstances underneath the prevailing dispensation.
Underneath the prevailing AAP dispensation, Congress chief and previous Punjab leader minister Charanjit Singh Channi has additionally gave the impression ahead of the Vigilance Bureau a couple of occasions in reference to a disproportionate belongings case.
Channi has described the probe as “completely political”.