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Chandigarh, Former senior superintendent of police (SSP) Surjit Singh Grewal has been evading arrest for over two months after the vigilance bureau (VB) booked him in disproportionate asset case.
The VB is not making any additional efforts to arrest Grewal even as the Punjab and Haryana high court had rejected his bail plea on January 22.
Acting on a complaint submitted by a US-based non-resident Indian (NRI) Sarabjit Singh to the VB chief director in 2015, the Patiala wing of the bureau conducted a detailed inquiry and registered an FIR on December 21 last, in which Grewal has been accused of indulging in corruption and misusing office during his service.
However, sources said Grewal was allowed to go in for all legal options available before him. “After being denied interim bail by the high court, Grewal has approached the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, the VB has started evaluating cost of his properties in Ludhiana district,” a source said.
SSP (VB) Jaspreet Singh Sidhu said the VB sleuths had conducted a raid at multiple places to arrest Grewal, who has gone underground since the registration of case. “We are probing the matter from all angles.”
