THE SCAM IN NUTSHELL

An FIR was registered on August 17, 2017, under the Prevention of Corruption Act against kingpin and contractor Gurinder Singh and three senior officers of the Punjab government for alleged misuse of public funds. The VB said that during the Akali government’s tenure, senior officials connived with the contractor Gurinder Singh and allocated works worth ₹1,000 cr to him at more than 50% of the departmental rates