The Vigilance Bureau has arrested former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot under the Prevention of Corruption Act.Official sources said he was arrested from Amloh in connection with the recent arrest of DFO Guramanpreet Singh in a corruption case.
The arrested DFO and contractor Harminder Singh Hummy reportedly gave details to the bureau indicating wrongdoings in the forest department after which Dharamsot was arrested.Sources said the former minister had links with the arrested forest officials.He has been accused of being involved in illegal felling of over 25,000 trees.Kamaljit Singh, a Khanna-based reporter of a Punjabi daily, has also been arrested in the case.The Mohali wing of the state vigilance took away the former minister, who is said to have been booked under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 120-B (conspiracy) of the IPC.More sections would be added after he is questioned, said a VB official.
