Punjab: Lookout notice issued against BJP leader Manpreet Singh Badal in cheating case

Badal, who was earlier in the Congress, has been accused of abusing his position as the state finance minister to purchase two plots of land.

Sep 26, 2023 - 15:30

Punjab: Lookout notice issued against BJP leader Manpreet Singh Badal in cheating case

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday issued a lookout circular against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manpreet Singh Badal in connection with a cheating and forgery case, PTI reported.

The development came a day after the vigilance department carried out searches at Badal’s home in Bathinda.

Badal, who joined the BJP in January after quitting Congress, is among the five persons accused of cheating and forgery in the purchase of a property in Bathinda.

Case registered against former state finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal, three accused arrested. Investigation shows Badal conspired to purchase two plots at low rates in model town Bathinda causing a financial loss of about Rs 65 lakhs to the government: Punjab Vigilance… pic.twitter.com/zuUuYZM87S— ANI (@ANI) September 25, 2023

The other accused in the case are former Bathinda Development Authority chief administrator Bikramjit Shergill, Rajiv Kumar, Amandeep Singh, Vikas Arora and Pankaj.

Kumar, Singh and Arora have already been arrested by the police.

The vigilance department has alleged that Badal abused his position as finance minister in the previous Congress government in Punjab to purchase two plots of land of 1,560 square yards in Model Town phase-1 Bathinda, causing a financial loss of lakhs to the state exchequer, according to PTI.

He allegedly colluded with officials of the Bathinda Development Authority to...