Patwaris set to launch statewide protest

The Revenue Patwar Union is up in arms against the State Vigilance Bureau,which had arrested Mohan Singh the vice-president of the union on Saturday.

The Revenue Patwar Union is up in arms against the State Vigilance Bureau,which had arrested Mohan Singh the vice-president of the union on Saturday. Mohan Singh had been arrested for his alleged involvement in the Rs 8-crore paddy scam,spread over the three districts of Moga,Muktsar and Ferozepur.

Singh was arrested from his residence at Tripari in Patiala. Following his arrest,the Fatehgarh Sahib unit of the patwar union,in which Singh was serving,went on an indefinite strike and started on a protest dharna outside the office of the Fatehgarh Sahib DC.

Amrik Singh Rai,vice-president of the All India Revenue Patwar Union,visited the protesting officers on Sunday and announced that the entire union will meet in Moga on Monday to launch a statewide protest.

We did not engage a lawyer for Mohan Singh to seek his bail because we will work to get this FIR cancelled. Apart from striking from work,we will chalk out strict measures to ensure that our leader is not only released but the case is also withdrawn, said Gursewak Singh,president of the Fategarh Sahib unit.

The scam broke out in May when paddy worth Rs 2.65 crore belonging to the Punjab State Civil Supplies Corporation Limited (PUNSUP) was found missing from Land Power Agrotech Private Limited in Ferozepur.

Mill owner Ramesh Garg,along with an inspector of PUNSUP,are currently in police custody. Ramesh Gargs son Akash,who is also an accused in the case,is absconding. It has been learnt that the Patwari in question could have felicitated the sale of this stolen paddy.

DSP (VB) Banarsi Das,the inquiry officer,could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.

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Patwaris set to launch statewide protest

The Revenue Patwar Union is up in arms against the State Vigilance Bureau,which had arrested Mohan Singh  the vice-president of the union  on Saturday.

The Revenue Patwar Union is up in arms against the State Vigilance Bureau,which had arrested Mohan Singh the vice-president of the union on Saturday.