AAP demands arrest of Jeet Mohinder

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, June 27

The Aam Aadmi Party today held a march in the city to demand the arrest of MLA Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, who was booked in a fraud case by the CBI recently, along with 18 other accused.

AAP also demanded from the Governor that the MLA should be expelled from the Assembly.

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AAP workers, under the leadership of AAP leader Baljinder Kaur, who lost the Talwandi Sabo by-election earlier, started the protest march from Fire Brigade Chowk.

They crossed Railway road, Post Office Bazaar, Dhobi Bazaar, Arya Smaj Chowk, Court Road, Mehna Chowk, bus stand and reached the DC Office.

They submitted a memorandum, addressed in the name of Punjab Governor, to the Deputy Commissioner demanding the arrest of Jeet Mohinder and his expulsion from the Assembly.

The party leaders gave an ultimatum of 10 days failing which they would stage protests across the state.

SAD MLA from Talwandi Sabo, Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu, and Fastway Transmission Private Limited managing director Gurdeep Singh were among 18 persons booked recently by the CBI in the alleged multi-crore scam in the functioning of International Customer Related Management Services (ICRMS) Private Limited.

Acting on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the CBI registered six FIRs under Section 120-B of the IPC read with Sections 212, 380, 406, 420, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471, 472 and 474 of the IPC against the 18 persons.

The development followed an investigation into the alleged scam by a SIT involving officers of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) of Company Affairs under the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Enforcement Directorate (ED), the IT Department and the CBI.

It was alleged that the board of directors of the ICRMS (incorporated in 2001) located in Mohali and Chandigarh was changed and shareholding patterns were altered by the accused on the basis of forged documents to misappropriate funds and assets of the company.

The alleged scam involved transfer of funds worth Rs 231 crore from the accounts of the company and several bigwigs, including top politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen of the region who had held key positions in the firm.