Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh tonight ordered the immediate suspension of Vigilance Inspector Iqbal Singh in connection with the alleged harassment of a food suppy official who committed suicide.
Amarinder has also ordered investigation of the charges against Iqbal and others whose name figure in the case, said an official spokesperson of the Chief Minister's Office.
Sangrur District Food and Supply officer (DFSO) Kamaldeep Singh had allegedly ended his life by jumping into a canal in Patiala on September 19. He was being allegedly harassed and intimidated by certain officials in a case of alleged misappropriation of paddy during Kharif season 2016-17 by Sardar Agro Industries in Sadatpur village of Sangrur.
Singh was also facing Vigilance probe in connection with missing paddy.
The chief minister has directed the DGP to look into the entire circumstances leading up to the suicide.
The spokesperson said the chief minister also gave a go ahead for registration of a criminal case against the proprietor of Sardar Agro, who had already confessed to embezzling paddy worth nearly Rs. 2.5 crore.
The chief minister directed the mandi board secretary to immediately suspend the licenses of Arthias (Commission Agents) at Kairon, Khemkaran and Sabran Mandis of Tarn Taran district for allagedly conspiring with the proprietor to embezzle the paddy.
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