This is an archive article published on January 21, 2025
Premium
Himachal Pradesh scholarship ‘scam’: CBI arrests its DSP in bribery case involving ED officer
CBI DSP Balbeer Singh was arrested after he was questioned in connection with a bribery case linked to the alleged Himachal Pradesh scholarship scam.
On Monday, Singh had been summoned to the CBI Chandigarh office for questioning but had to be admitted to a government hospital in Chandigarh due to some ailment. (File Image)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested its deputy superintendent of police (DSP) based in Shimla in connection with a bribery case involving the assistant director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Shimla, and two others.
CBI DSP was arrested after he was questioned in connection with the bribery case linked to the alleged Himachal Pradesh scholarship scam.Singh was produced before the Special CBI Court of Chandigarh and sent to CBI remand for a day for further questioning.
Advertisement
On Monday, Singh had been summoned to the CBI Chandigarh office for questioning but had to be admitted to a government hospital in Chandigarh due to some ailment.
As per CBI sources, Singh was arrested after the agency verified the charges levelled against him by ED assistant director Vishal Deep.
On December 22, 2024, the CBI registered two FIRs against Deep based on complaints lodged by Bhupinder Kumar Sharma, chairman of Dev Bhumi Group of Institutions, Una, and Rajneesh Bansal, chairman of Himalayan Group of Professional Institutions, Sirmour. Both accused Deep and other ED officials of “demanding bribes for not arresting them” in cases registered against their institutions.
Advertisement
However, according to Deep, while he was investigating the proceeds of crime in the alleged Himachal Pradesh scholarship scam, he was induced by Singh and the complainant in one of the two FIRs to “accept a bribe amount to lend favours to the complainant by diluting the charges and by not arresting them”.
On Monday, Singh had been summoned to the CBI Chandigarh office for questioning but had to be admitted to a government hospital in Chandigarh due to some ailment. (File Image) 
Share
