Chandigarh, June 7,2022
The Vigilance Bureau has arrested former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot under Prevention of Corruption Act .
Official sources said that he was arrested from Amloh in connection with the recent arrest of DFO Guramanpreet Singh in a corruption case. The arrested DFO and contractor Hummy reportedly gave details to the bureau indicating wrongdoings in forest department after which Dharamsot has been arrested. The former minister had links with the arrested forest officials, said sources.
He is accused of being involved in illegal felling of over 25,000 trees.A Khanna-based reporter from a Punjabi daily has also been arrested in the case.
