‘Shoddy’ probe: AAP guns for minister Arora

Chandigarh, September 18

Leader of Opposition (LoP) Harpal Singh Cheema today demanded resignation of Industries Minister Sham Sundar Arora for the alleged shoddy probe into the Rs 1,500-crore industrial plot allotment scam in Punjab Small Industries and Exports Corporation (PSIEC), which is under the Industry and Commerce Department.

The AAP leader also sought dismissal of top-ranking officials of the PSIEC, named in the investigation report, and action against the three-member committee of IAS officers, formed by the state government, for giving them a clean chit. The LoP said if the government failed to hand over the investigation to CBI by October 10, AAP would move court. Cheema alleged that the possible role of a close aide of Punjab CM in scuttling the vigilance report cannot be ruled out. —TNS