Chadha Jr joins probe, is ‘clueless’ about father’s whereabouts
AMRITSAR: Inderpreet, son of formerChiefKhalsaDiwanpresident Charanjit Singh Chadha whohasbookedforsexuallyharassingawomanprincipal,joined investigations on Tuesday.
Additional deputy commissioner of police-crime (ADCP-C) Harjit Singh said: “Chadha’s son turned up before the special investigation team (SIT) but he said he had no idea about the whereaboutsofhisfather.Weare conducting raids to nab him (Chadha).”
Police have issued a lookout circularagainstChadha.Unconfirmed sources said Chadha has returned from abroad after his lawyers’ suggestion. It has also been learnt that Chadha has not filed any bail petition in a court.
Indepreet,whowasbookedfor criminalintimidationalongwith his father, was granted an interimbailoffourdaysonSaturday to join probe. The court had mentionedin its order that if allegations levelled against Inderpreetprovetobewronginprobe, then he will get full-time bail.
Efforts to get the first information report (FIR) in the Chadha case have booked proved futile. Islamabad station house officer IqbalSinghsaid:“Wehavetransferred the case to the Civil Lines police station.” When the Civil Lines SHO Shivdarshan Singh wasrequestedtoprovideacopyof the FIR, he said, “The case was registeredattheIslamabadpolice station, we have no FIR.”
CHADHASTILLCKD CHIEFONWEBSITE
ThoughCharanjitSinghChadha andhissonInderpreethavebeen expelledfromKhalsadiwan’sprimarymembership,theCKDofficialwebsitestillshowstheduoas president and vice-president, respectively.- 46,000 farmers belonging to 683 cooperative societies will get waiver certificates.
2.7 LAKH CASES UNDER SOCIAL AUDIT
Of the 5.63 lakh cases under consideration, 3.2 lakh have reached the state revenue department for verification of the land ownership; and so far 2.71 lakh have been cleared by sub-division-level committees and sent for social audit by way of pasting lists at a common place in the villages.
A large number of farmers are complaining that their names are missing from the final lists.
“The verification is an evolving process, as the figures change on hourly basis and we hope to cover all eligible farmers by March 31,” said state cooperative bank managing director SK Batish.
We have still to verify crop loan accounts in nationalised and private banks. All those covered under the policy will get benefit. Until that is complete, there is no way of giving an exact number.
VISHAVJEET KHANNA, addl CS