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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Barinderjit Saluja | TNN

Sacked Punjab health minister Vijay Singla in judicial custody

MOHALI: A local court on Friday sent sacked Punjab minister Vijay Singla to 14-day judicial custody. He has been sent to Ropar jail. Earlier, the court had sent him to three-day police custody till Friday.

Singla, who held the health portfolio, was arrested on corruption charges on Tuesday after chief minister Bhagwant Mann sacked him following allegations of him demanding a “1% commission” in tenders and purchases by his department.

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