The government has reinstated two suspended officials in the driving license scam in Punjab, but the troubles of Mohali RTO Pradeep Dhillon, named in the same case, are not decreasing. Now the Vigilance Bureau has got the arrest warrant of Pradeep Dhillon issued from the Mohali court for the third time.
These warrants were issued on the 26th. At the same time, the Vigilance has raided several times to arrest the RTO, but no clue has been found yet. Along with this, the Vigilance has obtained search warrants to search his house and other places.
Action taken after CM helpline
In fact, after several complaints received on the CM’s anti-corruption action line in the month of April, raids were conducted on the offices of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) and driving test centers on April 7. During this, 24 persons involved in bribery and other lapses were arrested.
During this time a total of 16 FIRs were registered and the officials recovered Rs 40,900 from the agents. The government has claimed that this amount was collected in lieu of getting driving license, test and other services. After this, Vigilance Chief SPS Parmar and two other officers were suspended for not taking action against the officers.
Two officers reinstated after 23 days
The Punjab government yesterday reinstated two Vigilance Bureau officers, Flying Squad AIG Swarndeep Singh and Jalandhar Vigilance Bureau SSP Harpreet Singh, who were suspended 23 days ago on April 25 in the driving license scam.
At the same time, sources have revealed that the Home Ministry of the Central Government has approved the suspension of 1997 batch senior officer SPS Parmar, who was suspended from the post of Vigilance Chief. On the other hand, politics has now started in this matter.
