PSPCL’s move to vacate prime land: complaint alleges fraud involving Congress ex-minister
After refusing to vacate a plush property worth crores in the heart of Amritsar, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) suddenly decided to the leave the building in 2019 – 50 years after running the office of Senior Engineer, Suburban from the location.
Now, the PSEB SC Power Engineers & Officers Association has approached the state Vigilance Commission alleging a fraud involving a former Congress minister to get the corporation to give up its claim on an asset that it paid rent for till the year 2000 and occupied for over five decades.
The former Congress minister that the complainants have alleged being involved in the controversy is Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria. The Congress leader, meanwhile, has denied all charges against him.
