New Delhi. Former Punjab Forest Minister and Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has been arrested even before Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Punjab. The leader has been arrested by the Vigilance Bureau. Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has been accused of corruption. According to media reports, the monk had taken a bribe in the case of cutting a tree. The sadhu has been arrested at 3 am. It is being told that after arresting the forest department employee, he was arrested on the basis of his interrogation.
allegation of corruption
The sadhu has been accused that he had taken a hefty bribe in the matter of cutting trees. When Sadhu Singh Dharamsot was the Forest Minister in Punjab, 25 trees were cut during his tenure, for which he took a bribe of Rs 500 per tree. Let us inform that earlier the Vigilance Bureau had also arrested Mohali DFO on charges of taking bribe. Mohali DFO itself has revealed that Sadhu Singh Dharamsot had taken a hefty bribe for cutting trees while being Forest Minister. At the same time, Congress is shocked by this arrest. Congress has opposed the arrest of the sadhu. He says that these arrests have been made in view of the by-elections.
Punjab’s ex-Forest Minister & Congress leader Sadhu Singh Dharamsot arrested by state’s Vigilance Bureau (VB) in a corruption case. VB had arrested Mohali DFO last week over graft charges, he disclosed to VB how Dharamsot used to be bribed before cutting a single tree
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