Criminal complaint against 12 for money laundering

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 17

In a four-year-old corruption case related to the PWD in Sangrur, Enforcement Directorate, Jalandhar, has filed a criminal complaint against 12 persons for money laundering.

The criminal complaint has been filed against engineers of PWD who include Executive Engineer Joginder Singh, Junior Engineer Sarabjeet Singh and Superintendent Satpal Bansal.

The other accused are close family members of the engineers in whose name the properties were acquired by the PWD officials. These family members were found to have assisted in money laundering.

Accused Joginder and Satpal connived to forge letters of credit and bills and granted works without authorisation.

Joginder Singh siphoned off Rs 56 lakh of the compensation amount by transferring it to his own bank account.

Similarly, Sarabjeet Singh siphoned more than Rs 6 crore by embezzling govt funds by fraudulently affecting payments to contractors.

All these officials have been found to have assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.

Attachment orders have been passed to recover proceeds of crime generated out of criminal activities that include 163 gold biscuits weighing 4 kg in addition to 330 gm jewellery and other movable and immovable assets worth more than Rs 8 crore.