Punjab Vigilance Bureau has registered a case surrounding criminal and corruption charges against former State Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal and four others in connection with the purchase of a property in Bathinda city.
In a statement on Monday, the bureau said they have arrested three accused including Rajiv Kumar, Amandeep Singh and Vikas Arora in this case, which was registered on a complaint filed by Sarup Chand Singla, former MLA of Bathinda city, against Mr. Badal and others.
The statement said that the probe revealed that Mr. Badal during his tenure as Finance Minister during the Congress government from the year 2018 to 2021 used political pressure and influenced to purchase two plots measuring 1560 square yards of land in Bathinda, thereby causing a financial loss of lakhs of rupees to the State exchequer.
