Chandigarh: The State's Vigilance Bureau(VB) Tuesday got 4days custodial remand of the arrested 2008 batch IAS officer Sanjay Popli and his assistant secretary Sandeep Wats in connection with a corruption case. The operation was carried out late Monday evening when Popli was shopping with his wife in Sector-17 of Chandigarh where he was arrested.
In the same case, Sandeep Wats, Assistant Secretary to Popli was arrested from Jalandhar. The duo was produced in court by the Vigilance Bureau, where they sought for custodial remand for questioning Popli who has been accused of taking bribes from sewerage contractors.
After hearing both sides, the court granted the Mohali Vigilance Bureau police the custody of the arrested bureaucrat for 4 days for interrogation in the case which has been registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The bureaucrat was taken into custody for interrogation after medical examination.
Sanjay Kumar of Haryana's Karnal in Haryana, a private contractor who runs Dikhadala Cooperative Society Limited, alleged that Popli, who was the then Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Water Supply and Sewerage Board along with Wats had allegedly demanded bribe to clear the tender for Rs 7.30 crore.
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The contractor had lodged a complaint with the CM Helpline Number, along with a 17-minute recording of the complaint. On June 3, an investigation was launched into the complaint and follow up action was taken by the VB based on the merits of the complaint.
