Sent to police remand till 27 May; ‘Proud of you, Bhagwant’, says Arvind Kejriwal on Vijay Singla’s arrest.
Punjab Health Minister Vijay Singla was sacked from the state cabinet on Tuesday and arrested on corruption charges, with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann asserting that his government has zero-tolerance towards corruption. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been in power in Punjab for barely two months. The chief minister himself announced the removal of Singla from the council of ministers.
Mann said the decision was made after he came to know that Singla was allegedly demanding one per cent commission in tenders and purchases of his department. The chief minister said that he has also directed the police to register a case against Singla. Singla was arrested by the Anti-Corruption cell of the Punjab Police on Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) orders, sources said. He was later presented before the court of Ravtesh Inderjit Singh,
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