Vigilance Bureau books Manpreet Badal, a PCS officer and 4 others in plot case
Ashok Verma
Bathinda, September 25, 2023: Vigilance Bureau has registered a case against former Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, a PCS officer who is former Administrator of BDA and 4 others u/s 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120 B and 66 of IT Act in a corruption case. Others who have been booked include businessman Rajiv Kumar, Amandeep Singh, Vikas Kumar and Pankaj.
Issued pertains to sale of two plots of Bathinda Development Authority (BDa). Vigilance has rounded up Rajiv Kumar and Amandeep Singh in the case in last evening.
It is worth mentioning here that Manpreet Badal has filed a petition in Bathinda court seeking pre arrest bail which is listed for hearing on September 26, 2023.