Mohali court issues arrest warrants against former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot
Mohali, March 16
A special court in Mohali has issued arrest warrants against former Punjab forest minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, for March 28.
The Enforcement Directorate had filed a complaint pertaining to FIRs registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act (June 2, 2022), Criminal Conspiracy (June 6, 2022) regarding the irregularities in the forest department.
The allegations in the FIRs were that the former minister, his PA, DFO Gurmanpreet Singh and others took Rs 1 crore as bribe for the felling of Khair trees during a period of three years.
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