Bail plea of PWD XEN’s father dismissed in corruption case

Tribune News Service
Mohali, February 20

A Mohali court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of 85-year-old Surinderjit Singh Jaspal booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and various sections of the IPC in a criminal case registered at the Vigilance Bureau police station, Mohali, on September 17, 2020.

The case

The accused is alleged to have deceitfully exchanged his land with an oblique motive and the amount deposited into his account was found to be excess than his disclosed sources, a Mohali court noted.

The allegations of the prosecution against the accused were that Rs 5,75,71,907 was received by the accused in connivance with his son Nimratdeep Singh, who was PWD Executive Engineer, and he purchased a house in Sector 20-D, Chandigarh, in 2017. The accused is alleged to have deceitfully exchanged his land with an oblique motive and the amount deposited into his account was found to be excess than his disclosed sources, the court noted.

On February 12, the Vigilance Bureau claimed to have unearthed 39 properties worth at least Rs 80 crore allegedly amassed by an executive engineer (XEN) of the PWD through corruption.

This included a two-kanal house in Sector 20, Chandigarh, where former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini was the tenant. Besides, more than Rs 10 crore was found in various bank accounts of the accused and family members. The XEN, Nimratdeep Singh, was booked in September 2020 on corruption charges.