CHANDIGARH: Amidst its ongoing efforts to combat corruption in the state, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) nabbed a Food & Civil Supply Inspector, Vinod Khosla, on Friday. He is accused of setting fire to a godown in Batala to cover up the misappropriation of gunny bags stored by the Punjab Government.
An official spokesperson of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) revealed that the accused Inspector was arrested following the verification of Vigilance Enquiry no. 3 of 2017. It was established that a significant fire destroyed Godown number 5 at the Food Supply Centre, Batala in September 2016. The Inspector, who was the custodian for the godown, intentionally set it ablaze to conceal the misappropriation in gunny bags belonging to the Punjab government, resulting in wrongful loss to the state government.
He further said that an FIR no. 48 has been registered under sections 408 and 435 of the IPC, along with 13(1)(a) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and section 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, at the Police Station of the Vigilance Bureau, Range Amritsar.