Vigilance Bureau arrests five cooperative society employees involved in obtaining loan on deceased farmer

 Vigilance Bureau arrests five cooperative society employees involved in obtaining loan on deceased farmer

  Hoshiarpur/Daljeet Ajnoha/July 22

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested five employees of of Cooperative Society Dhuga Kalan District Hoshiarpur for taking loan in the name of a deceased member person while three persons had already been arrested in the same case. 

Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the VB said that among the arrested accused are Yudhveer Singh, former inspector and present assistant registrar, Cooperative Bank Dasuya, Cooperative Bank Branch Rupowal Tehsil Dasuya Ravinder Singh Clerk cum Cashier, now posted as accountant Central Cooperative Bank Limited Branch Sikri, Hoshiarpur, Manjit Singh Cashier (Retired), Co-operative Bank Branch Rupowal and Avtar Singh Ex-Manager (Retired) along with Paramjit Singh Ex-Manager (Retired) have been arrested. He informed that based on the facts revealed during the investigation of a complaint registered in this regard accused Ajaib Singh, Secretary, Cooperative Society village Dhugga Kalan Hoshiarpur including members Niranjan Singh and Tarsem Singh were arrested by the Bureau.

Giving more details he further informed that in the year 2018 a corruption case was registered against the above said cashier Ajaib Singh for getting a loan of Rs 1,92,000 in the name of deceased member of the society Gulzar Singh, a resident of village Dhugga Kalan, in connivance with other officials of the cooperative society. In this regard the VB had probed the complaint lodged by his nephew and registered a case. It was found that the accused secretary had deposited the entire loan from the society and again obtained a loan amounting to Rs 1,90,000 on the same date. 

The spokesperson informed that based on the enquiry the VB had arrested three accused Ajaib Singh and members Niranjan Singh and Tarsem Singh. After this a thorough investigation was conducted in which it was found that the above mentioned five accused in connivance with each other had made a fraud with the cooperative society Dhugga Kalan and Cooperative Bank branch Rupowal for approval of this loan in the name of a deceased person.