On Monday, Singh had been summoned to the CBI Chandigarh bureau for questioning but had to beryllium admitted to a authorities infirmary successful Chandigarh owed to immoderate ailment. (File Image)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) connected Tuesday arrested its lawman superintendent of constabulary (DSP) based successful Shimla successful transportation with a bribery lawsuit involving the adjunct manager of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Shimla, and 2 others.
CBI DSP was arrested aft helium was questioned successful transportation with the bribery lawsuit linked to the alleged Himachal Pradesh assistance scam. Singh was produced earlier the Special CBI Court of Chandigarh and sent to CBI remand for a time for further questioning.
On Monday, Singh had been summoned to the CBI Chandigarh bureau for questioning but had to beryllium admitted to a authorities infirmary successful Chandigarh owed to immoderate ailment.
As per CBI sources, Singh was arrested aft the bureau verified the charges levelled against him by ED adjunct manager Vishal Deep.
On December 22, 2024, the CBI registered 2 FIRs against Deep based connected complaints lodged by Bhupinder Kumar Sharma, president of Dev Bhumi Group of Institutions, Una, and Rajneesh Bansal, president of Himalayan Group of Professional Institutions, Sirmour. Both accused Deep and different ED officials of “demanding bribes for not arresting them” successful cases registered against their institutions.
However, according to Deep, portion helium was investigating the proceeds of transgression successful the alleged Himachal Pradesh assistance scam, helium was induced by Singh and the complainant successful 1 of the 2 FIRs to “accept a bribe magnitude to lend favours to the complainant by diluting the charges and by not arresting them”.
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