Minority panel ex-member held for graft

Chandigarh, April 12 A former member of the the Punjab State Commission for Minorities and his assistant were arrested by the Vigilance Bureau in a bribery case, according to an official statement on Wednesday. Lal Hussain served as a member...

PTI

Updated At : 11:25 AM Apr 13, 2023 IST

Chandigarh, April 12

A former member of the the Punjab State Commission for Minorities and his assistant were arrested by the Vigilance Bureau in a bribery case, according to an official statement on Wednesday.

Lal Hussain served as a member of the commission between February 2020 and February 2023. His personal assistant was identified as Mohabbat Meharban, the statement added.

The complainant, Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Chanan Wala village in Fazilka district, alleged that the accused had demanded Rs 7 lakh per person to get a job in the Wakf Board or recruitment as a constable for his relatives.

He further added the accused had already taken Rs 10,49,500 in three instalments. The complainant recorded his conversation with Meharban in this regard and gave it to the state Vigilance Bureau as evidence.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

Designed and developed by : SORTD

Suggested Articles