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The Congress leader was also arrested last year in a corruption case. (Representational image)
A court here on Friday sent former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot to judicial custody for 14 days in a disproportionate assets case.
A court on Friday sent former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot to judicial custody for 14 days in a disproportionate assets case.
Dharamsot was arrested on Monday by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau on charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to known sources.
After the three-day vigilance remand of the former minister and Congress leader was over, he was produced in the Mohali court on Friday.
The Vigilance Bureau has sought his remand for four more days. However, the defense counsel opposed this.
After this, the court sent him on judicial remand for 14 days.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Dharamsot at the Vigilance Bureau police station.
“During the check period from 01-03-2016 (March 1, 2016) to 31-03-2022 (March 31, 2022), the income of the former minister and his family was Rs 2,37,12,596.48 (Rs 2.37 crore) . ) while the expenditure was Rs 8,76,30,888.87 (Rs 8.76 crore), which was an excess of Rs 6,39,18,292.39 (Rs 6.39 crore), i.e. 269 per cent more than his known sources of income,” the bureau said earlier.
The Congress leader was also arrested last year in a corruption case.
Dharamsot, who held the charge of the Forest Department in the then Chief Minister Amarinder Singh-led cabinet, was arrested in June last year on charges of accepting bribes for issuing permits for felling trees, transferring officials, making purchases and issuing no-objection certificates. was arrested.
He was later granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
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