Punjab VB arrests Naib Tehsildar for causing loss of Rs 4.8 crore to state exchequer; connived in selling land to govt at high cost

Punjab Vigilance Bureau has arrested Naib Tehsildar Raghbir Singh posted at Sri Anandpur Sahib, who had registered land measuring about 54 acres of Karura village in Rupnagar district in connivance with some private individuals which was sold to the state government at a price higher than the prevalent collector rate causing a huge loss of about Rs 4.8 crore to the state exchequer.

Disclosing this here today, a Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) spokesperson said a case had already been registered against the Naib Tehsildar and other persons at Nurpurbedi police station in Rupnagar under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 of IPC and under Sections 7, 7A, 8, 13 of Prevention of Corruption Act, which was being probed by the Bureau.