PTU recruitment case:VB files closure report

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, August 21

Having probed the case for two years, the state Vigilance Bureau (VB) has filed a closure report in the alleged FIR pertaining to a case of financial irregularities and administrative lapses against former IK Gujral Punjab Technical University Vice-Chancellor Dr Rajnish Arora and nine others.

A closure report in the case was filed on August 3 in the court of Rajwinder Kaur, in-charge Sessions Judge, Kapurthala. A notice was sent by the court to the complainant. The next date of hearing has been fixed for September 16. The case had been registered after an inquiry report had been submitted by IAS (retd) SS Dhillon to the state government citing irregularities and flouting of norms for holding appointments. The complaint had been filed by the Jalandhar-based Anti-Corruption Society.

While Dr Arora was arrested and remained behind bars, other nine including Geetika Sud, law officer and daughter of former BJP state minister Tikshan Sud, Vishwadeep Singh, associate professor and son of state RSS pracharak Kishore Kant, Sumeer Sharma, assistant director cultural activities, Ashish Sharma, computer programmer, Dr RP Bhardwaj, former director, recruitment, Dharinder Tayal of Chandigarh-based Anovus group and Parveen Kumar, consultant hired by ex-VC were also in the loop. Eight of the 10 accused were related to the RSS or the BJP.

The closure report reads that if the chargesheet is filed in court in the case, there would be little chance of its success, which would waste the time of court.