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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Punjab govt suspends 26 jail officials
The Punjab government on Friday suspended 26 officers and employees of the jail department for dereliction of duty. Punjab jail minister Laljit Singh Bhullar informed that 26 officers and employees of the jail department have been suspended with immediate effect. (HT Photo) Punjab jail minister Laljit Singh Bhullar informed that 26 officers and employees of the jail department have been suspended with immediate effect under the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, for dereliction of duty/negligence. Giving a clear message to the officers and employees on duty in the jails of Punjab, the minister said that illegal activities, misbehaviour, indiscipline, absence from duty and activities like involvement with prisoners will not be tolerated at all. The minister said that Iqbal Singh Brar, superintendent, District Jail, Mansa, Maninder Pal Cheema, deputy superintendent, Central Jail, Ludhiana, Anil Bhandari, deputy superintendent, Borstal Jail, Ludhiana, Sandeep Brar, deputy superintendent, Central Jail, Ludhiana, Yadvinder Singh, ASJ, Central jail, Ferozepur, apart from warders Harbhupinder Singh and Sikander Singh, Goindwal Sahib, Bikramjit Singh and Vijay Pal Singh, Amritsar, Jatinder Singh, Ravi, Deepak Rai, Kiranjit Singh, Prithipal Singh and Satnam Singh, Kapurthala, Satnam Singh and Mandeep Singh, Hoshiarpur, Maninder Pal Singh, Ludhiana, Anu Malik, Randhir Singh, Arvind Dev Singh, Balvir Singh and Sukhpreet Singh, Mansa, Satnam Singh Nabha, Gagandeep Singh, Bathinda, and Anmol Verma, Pathankot, have been suspended. The minister said that the Punjab government is committed to providing good administration to the state and negligence in duty of any officer or employee will not be tolerated. He warned all the officers and employees of the department and said that they should ensure that their duties are done honestly, diligently and according to the rules.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Punjab suspends 26 jail officers, staffers for dereliction of duty
Chandigarh: The Punjab govt suspended 26 officers and employees of the jails department for dereliction of duty. Punjab jails minister Laljit Singh Bhullar informed that the action had been taken under Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970. The minister said illegal activities, misbehaviour, indiscipline, absence from duty, and activities like involvement with prisoners would not be tolerated at all. The minister mentioned that Mansa jail superintendent Iqbal Singh Brar, Ludhiana central jail deputy superintendent Maninder Pal Cheema, Ludhiana-based Borstal jail deputy superintendent Anil Bhandari, Ludhiana central jail deputy superintendent Sandeep Brar, Ferozepur central jail assistant superintendent Yadvinder Singh, and warders Harbhupinder Singh and Sikander Singh Goindwal Sahib, Bikramjit Singh and Vijay Pal Singh Amritsar, Jatinder Singh, Ravi, Deepak Rai, Kiranjit Singh, Prithipal Singh and Satnam Singh Kapurthala, Satnam Singh and Mandeep Singh Hoshiarpur, Maninder Pal Singh Ludhiana, Anu Malik, Randhir Singh, Arvind Dev Singh, Balvir Singh and Sukhpreet Singh Mansa, Satnam Singh Nabha, Gagandeep Singh Bathinda, and Anmol Verma Pathankot, were suspended.
Indian Express
4 days ago
- Indian Express
Punjab govt suspends 26 officers and employees of Jail Department for ‘dereliction of duty'
The Punjab government has issued an order to suspend 26 officers and employees of Jail Department for dereliction of duty. Punjab Jail Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar said that 26 officers and employees of Jail Department have been suspended with immediate effect under Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970 for dereliction of duty and negligence. Giving a clear message to the officers and employees on duty in the jails of Punjab, the mnister said that illegal activities, misbehavior, indiscipline, absence from duty and activities like involvement with prisoners will not be tolerated at all. Bhullar said that Iqbal Singh Brar (Superintendent, District Jail, Mansa), Maninder Pal Cheema (Deputy Superintendent, Central Jail, Ludhiana), Anil Bhandari (Deputy Superintendent, Borstal Jail, Ludhiana), Sandeep Brar (Deputy Superintendent, Central Jail, Ludhiana), and Yadvinder Singh (ASJ, Central Jail, Ferozepur), were among the top jail officials who faced the action. The Jail Minister warned all the officers and employees of the department and said that they should ensure that their duties are done honestly, diligently and according to the rules. In 2023, a TV interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi while he was in jail, led to the dismissal of a Punjab Police DSP. An Special Investigation Team (SIT) found that the DSP facilitated Bishnoi's interview recording while the gangster was in CIA Kharar's custody in March 2023.
The Print
06-06-2025
- Politics
- The Print
Punjab govt suspends Vigilance SSP for summoning Cong Ludhiana West candidate as ‘favour'
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Punjab minister Tarunpreet Singh Sondh, while speaking to reporters in Ludhiana, alleged that a 'conspiracy orchestrated by Congress leader Bharat Bhushan Ashu to gain political sympathy ahead of the Ludhiana West byelection has been exposed'. The bypoll to Ludhiana West assembly seat will take place on June 19 and the counting will be held on June 23. The seat fell vacant following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January. Chandigarh, Jun 6 (PTI) The Punjab government on Friday placed under suspension Ludhiana Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vigilance Jagatpreet Singh with a minister claiming that the officer issued summons to the Congress candidate who is contesting the Ludhiana West bypoll to 'favour' him. Sondh alleged that a vigilance notice to Ashu 'was part of a deceitful ploy devised by Ashu himself. Upon investigation, it was uncovered that the Vigilance SSP who issued the notice was a former classmate and close friend of Ashu'. Notably, the Vigilance had Thursday summoned Ashu in connection with an alleged school land misuse case in Ludhiana, in which allegations pertain to cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery. Punjab's Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Home Affairs, Alok Shekhar, issued the suspension order, which read, 'Jagatpreet Singh, PPS (Punjab Police Service officer), SSP Vigilance has been placed under suspension with immediate effect under Rule 4(1) (a) of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, for his grave misconduct and dereliction of duty.' In Ludhiana, Sondh alleged that 'Ashu manipulated his connections to fabricate the notice, aiming to portray himself as a victim and divert public attention from his alleged multi-crore corruption in a school land scam'. 'This is possibly the first time in India's political history that a politician has stooped so low and fabricated summons to play a victim card. Bharat Bhushan Ashu's intent was clear — to garner sympathy by portraying himself as a target of the current government,' alleged Sondh. The AAP leader alleged that the Congress party is resorting to desperate and unethical tactics out of fear of imminent defeat in Ludhiana West. 'Strict action has been taken against the vigilance officer involved in this conspiracy. The officer who misused his position to favour Ashu has been suspended. Such behaviour will not be tolerated under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann,' he said. However, Punjab Congress president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring took a strong exception to the Vigilance Bureau summoning party candidate Ashu amid the latter's election campaign. Warring said in Ludhiana, 'Summoning Ashu at this stage only reveals that AAP has admitted its defeat and is now acting in sheer frustration.' 'The cat is out of the bag as both Arvind Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann are feeling desperate and frustrated about the imminent fact that they are losing the elections,' he claimed. Condemning the summons issued to Ashu, he asked why did the vigilance need to issue these in the midst of the campaign and why they could not wait till the elections. AAP has fielded Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora for the bypoll. The Congress has fielded former minister Ashu, who had remained MLA twice from this seat in 2012 and 2017. PTI SUN KSS KSS This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
New Indian Express
06-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Vigilance sleuth suspended after issuing summons to Punjab Congress leader, AAP alleges nexus between them
CHANDIGARH: A day after the state vigilance bureau issued a summons to the Congress candidate for the Ludhiana (West) assembly seat Bharat Bhushan Ashu in connection with an alleged Rs 2,400 crore scam, the Punjab government suspended Jagatpreet Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police (Vigilance) at Ludhiana, claiming that he issued the summons in connivance with Ashu to benefit him in the ensuing bypoll. The summons issued by Jagatpreet Singh directed Ashu to appear for questioning on Friday. The summons related to a First Information Report (FIR) registered on January 8 in which Ashu and others were accused of cheating, criminal breach of trust, forgery, and conspiracy. The investigation was transferred to the Vigilance Bureau owing to the suspected involvement of government officials. The alleged scam pertains to 4.7 acres of land given to New Senior Secondary School in Sarabha Nagar at a subsidised rate strictly for educational purposes by the Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) decades ago. However, during investigations it came to light that parts of this land are being illegally used for commercial activities. Additional Chief Secretary, (Home) Alok Shekhar, issued the order which states that Jagatpreet Singh has been placed under suspension with immediate effect under Rule 4(1) (a) of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, for his "grave misconduct and dereliction of duty". Meanwhile, the state Congress leadership has trashed the allegations of a nexus between Ashu and the suspended police officer. Calling it a 'a calculated attempt to intimidate' Ashu ahead of the Ludhiana West bypoll, senior Congress leader and leader of the opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said, "It's clear that the AAP government first tried to use state machinery to scare Ashu into silence. Summons were issued to him by the Vigilance Bureau just weeks before polling—not as part of any genuine investigation, but as a crude, desperate tactic to gain political advantage." Bajwa questioned the intent behind the timing, calling it a 'desperate, dictatorial move' and a gross misuse of power. 'This is not governance; this is vendetta politics at its worst,' he said. "When their intimidation attempt backfired and public backlash intensified, the AAP shifted gears in a bizarre U-turn. In an unbelievable twist, Vigilance Bureau SSP Jagatpreet Singh—who had issued the summons to Ashu—was suddenly suspended," he said.
