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This is an archive article published on October 28, 2022
Punjab Vigilance unearths scam in tenders for grain transportation
A case has been registered against three contractors -- Davinder Singh of Faridkot, and Daviderpal and Gurushakti, both from Talwandi Bhai, at the Bureau Police Station in Ferozepur, for allegedly committing a fraud causing a huge loss to the state exchequer, they said.
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Five gangsters were arrested from a Jalandhar village. (File)The Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Thursday claimed to have exposed a scam by discovering alleged irregularities in the allotment of labour, cartage and transportation tenders for lifting wheat in grain markets in Ferozepur. A case has been registered against three contractors — Davinder Singh of Faridkot, and Daviderpal and Gurushakti, both from Talwandi Bhai, at the Bureau Police Station in Ferozepur, for allegedly committing a fraud causing a huge loss to the state exchequer, they said.
Davinder Singh has been arrested by the bureau in connection with the matter.
A spokesperson of the bureau said that during the issuing of the tenders for labour cartage and transport in the grain markets for wheat for the current year, the contractors attached lists with the registration numbers of vehicles for transportation of goods. It came to light that in the list, registration numbers of several vehicles such as motorcycles, Jeeps, tractors etc, were attached whereas the food grains could not be transported on such vehicles, he added.
The spokesperson said the district tender allotment committee should have rejected the technical bid of the concerned contractors as per rules, which was not done.
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