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Two Swachh Bharat officials arrested for graft

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IANS Gurgaon

Two officials, working with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan here, were on Tuesday arrested for misusing funds, a senior officer said.

The officials - Praveen kumar and Pravesh Sharma - working in the Additional Deputy Commissioner V.P. Singh's office were arrested late evening for allegedly transferred over Rs 13.5 lakh of the mission funds to people close to them.

"Kumar and Sharma were found guilty of graft and have been arrested," Singh told IANS.

The accused have been arrested and investigations are on, senior police officer told IANS.

--IANS

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First Published: May 31 2016 | 11:56 PM IST

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