Chandigarh, January 9
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed a detailed charge sheet at a district court here against former Punjab revenue official and a sarpanch of Fatehgarh Sahib in a graft case dating back to April, 2011.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed a detailed charge sheet at a district court here against former Punjab revenue official and a sarpanch of Fatehgarh Sahib in a graft case dating back to April, 2011.
The CBI filed the charge sheet against the duo for accepting a bribe of Rs 9 lakh. The accused were revenue official Narinder Singh and Panjol sarpanch Darbara Singh. The court deferred the hearing for January 21.
Past year, the CBI had laid a trap at Sector 43 and arrested the accused. According to it, they had demanded the bribe for executing a sale deed in favour of the complainant, a resident of Fatehgarh Sahib, who had purchased agricultural land at Panjol village. CBI officials maintained that the revenue official had threatened the complainant that in case of non-payment, an objection would be raised to the tehsildar concerned and the sale deed would not be executed.
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