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Chandigarh June 14 : State Vigilance Bureau have unearthed 92 properties worth crores of rupees amassed by Surinderpal Singh, chief engineer of GMADA which were purchased by five firms floated by him in the name of his family members and associates. In addition to this Rs. 57 crores were deposited in 3 companies owned by his family.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of Punjab Vigilance Bureau said as per the investigations conducted and searches made on various premises owned by the accused chief engineer so far, it has been found that he had purchased these properties with ill-gotten money in the name of companies or family members. He said further verifications were also under progress to uncover more assets owned by him or his family.
He further added that a case u/s 13 (1) (D) r/w 13 (2) prevention of Corruption Act and 420, 506, 120-B of IPC had already been registered in this regard at Police Station Flying Sqaud-1 at Mohali, Vigilance Bureau, Punjab against accused Surinderpal Singh, former chief engineer, GMADA and others and the main three accused have also been arrested.
Giving details of his properties purchased in the name of various firms and his family members, he said about 92 properties have been purchased by Surinderpal Singh since 2001 to 2016, out of which about 42 properties were purchased in the name of Access Agro Seed Pvt. Ltd. Ludhiana, 5 properties by Award Agro Traders Pvt. Ltd. Ludhiana, 11 properties by Auster Agro Traders Pvt. Ltd., 20 properties of Akme Crushers and Builders Pvt. Ltd. Ludhiana, 2 properties of Ek Onkar Builders and Contractors Pvt. Ltd. Ludhiana and 12 properties were bought in the name of his family members and relatives. In addition to this, he had also purchased a 2 kanal kothi in Chandigarh in 2014 in the name of Award Agro Traders Pvt. Ltd.
The spokesperson further added that Access Agro Seeds Pvt. Ltd. Ludhiana was incorporated in March 2005 and directors of the company were Surinderpal Singh’s wife Mandeep Kaur and mother Swarnjit Kaur. The acused had deposited approx Rs 20 crores in cash till 31/03/16 in the company and further verification was being done in this case. The details of properties purchased in the name of Access Agro Seeds Pvt. Ltd. were as follows ;
Sr. No. Village Date Area
1 Badowal Ludhiana 23.05.05 8 kanal 3 marle
2 Jhande Ludhiana 23.09.05 1 acre 1 kanal
3 Landeke Moga 19.10.05 4 kanal 0 marle
4 Lohara Moga 20.10.05 4 kanal 0 marle
5 Lohara Moga 20.10.05 15 kanal 11 marle
6 Lohara Moga 20.10.05 8 kanal 0 marle
7 Fathehgarh Korotana Moga 20.10.05 6 kanal 5 marle
8 Fathehgarh Korotana Moga 20.10.05 8 kanal 4 marle
9 Lohara Moga 27.10.05 4 kanal 0 marle
10 Thrreke Ludhiana 24.11.05 1 acre 4 kanal 16 marle
11 Datwal Ludhiana 08.03.06 8 kanal
12 Dana Mandi Salem Tabri Ludhiana 16.03.06 Shop no. 131, 278, Sq.yards
13 Jhande Ludhiana 17.05.06 1 acre 0 kanal 13 marle
14 Datwal Ludhiana 05.03.06 24 kanal
15 Datwal Ludhiana 05.06.06 17 kanal 11 3/4 marle
16 Nandpur Ludhiana 05.10.06 24 kanal 2 marle
17 Fatehgarh Korotana Moga 1.11.2006 7 kanal 2 marle
18 Jhande Ludhiana 6.07.07 4 kanal 14 marle
19 Manjit Nagar Ludhiana 28.08.07 210 Sq. yards
20 Khakot Ludhiana 15.04.09 5 kanal 8 marle
21 Khakot Ludhiana 20.04.09 5 kanal 8 marle
22 Nandpur Ludhiana 30.03.10 7 kanal 13 marle
23 Thrreke Ludhiana 28.03.11 220 sq yds
24 Thrreke Ludhiana 17.08.11 2 kanal 10.30 marle
25 Jhande Ludhiana 26.03.12 1 acre 2 kanal 4 marle
26 Takipur Mohali 8.03.13 3 kanal 11.90 marle
27 Thrreke Ludhiana 28.03.13 3 kanal 13.25 marle
28 Thrreke Ludhiana 28.03.11 220 sq yds
29 Jhande Ludhiana 17.06.13 1bigha 10b 16b
30 Ayali Kalan Ludhiana 17.06.13 7 kanal 14 marle
31 Nandpur Ludhiana 18.06.14 5.5 Sq. yards
32 Khera Kalmot Ropar 10.09.14 163 kanal 19 marle
33 Buani Abohar branch, Ludhiana 14.10.14 15 Bigha 8 Biswa 13 1/3 Biswasi
34 Ajnod Ludhiana 10.12.14 25 b14 b 1b
35 Ajnod Ludhiana 10.12.14 20b 18b 13.75b
36 Buani Abohar branch, Ludhiana 15.01.15 3b 7b 7.95b
37 Buani Abohar branch, Ludhiana 15.01.15 2 biswe
38 Fatehgarh
Karotana
Moga 118 kanal Teh Dharmkot
39 Fatehgarh
Korotana
Moga 17 kanal 9 marle Teh Dharmkot
40 Fatehgarh
Korotana
Moga 04 kanal 5 marle Teh Dharmkot
41 Nandpur Ludhiana 23 kanal 17 marle Teh Sahnewal
42 Thrreke Ludhiana 32 kanal 11 marle Ludhiana
He said the Award Agro Traders Pvt. Ltd. Ludhiana was formed on 09/02/2009 in which directors of the company were Mandeep Kaur w/o Surinderpal Singh and Swarnjit Kaur mother of Surinderpal Singh. He added that total amount of approx Rs 18 crores were deposited in cash till 31/03/16 in this firm. A detailed list of properties purchased in the name of Award Agro Traders Pvt. Ltd. is as follows :
Sr. No. Village Date Area
1 Rajgarh Mohali 24.01.13 3 kanal 12.5 marle
2 Rajgarh Mohali 24.01.13 1 kanal 16 marle
3 Rajgarh Mohali 24.01.13 3 kanal 0 marle
4 House no. 36 Sector 27, 27.11.14 1000 Sq. yards
Chandigarh
5 Sector 88-89 Sector 88-89 500 Sq. yards
Another firm incorporated by the accused was Auster Agro Traders Pvt. Ltd., Ludhiana which was formed on 09/02/2009 having company directors Mandeep Kaur and Swarnjit Kaur, his wife and mother respectively. He informed that a total amount of approx Rs 19 crores were deposited in cash till 31/03/16 in this company which had purchased following properties ;
Sr. No. Village Date Area
1 Thrreke Ludhiana 18.10.11 1210 Sq. Yd.
2 Daad Ludhiana 14.11.11 454 Sq. Yd.
3 Daad Ludhiana 7 .01.12 503 Sq. Yd.
4 Jhande Ludhiana 14.02.12 3 kanal 3.30 marle
5 Daad Ludhiana 17.02.12 400 Sq. Yd.
6 Rajgarh Mohali 18.02.13 1kanal 1 marle
7 Kartarpur Mohali 19.02.13 8 kanal 1.25 marle
8 Rajgarh Mohali 26.02 .13 6 kanal 11 marle
9 Rajgarh Mohali 10.08.13 12 kanal 0 marle
10 Rajgarh Mohali 30.01.15 5 kanal 1marle
11 Fatehgarh Korotana Moga 8.39 acre Teh Dharmkot
The spokesperson also revealed that the accused had incorporated another firm on 10/11/2008 in the name of Akme Crushers and Builders Pvt. Ltd., Ludhiana in which his wife Mandeep Kaur owns majority of shares. The details of properties purchased by Akme Crushers and Builders Pvt. Ltd. were as follows ;
Sr. No. Village Date Area
1 Nangran Ropar 23.03.08 11 kanal 7 marle
2 Nangran Ropar 25.03.08 13 kanal 8 marle
3 Nangran Ropar 25.03.08 1 kanal 15 marle
4 Nangran Ropar 25.03.08 4 kanal 4 marle
5 Nangran Ropar 25.03.08 2 kanal 15 marle
6 Nangran Ropar 25.03.08 9 kanal 13 marle
7 Nangran Ropar 12.08.08 13 kanal 8 marle
8 Nangran Ropar 12.08.08 1 kanal 11 marle
9 Nangran Ropar 12.08.08 2 kanal 16 marle
10 Nangran Ropar 12.08.08 13 kanal 8 marle
11 Nangran Ropar 12.08.08 14 kanal 2 marle
12 Nangran Ropar 15.02.10 92 kanal 16 marle
13 Nangran Ropar 24.02.10 1 kanal 9 marle
14 Nangran Ropar 24.02.10 2 kanal 10 marle
15 Nangran Ropar 24.02.10 14 kanal 17 marle
16 Nangran Ropar 21.04.10 20 kanal 12 marle
17 Majri Mohali 21.04.10 1 kanal 5 marle
18 Majri Mohali 21.04.10 4 kanal 1 marle
19 Waring Khera Malaut, Mukatsar 10 acre Tehsil Malout
20 Fagguwala Sangrur 10 acre Tehsil Bhawanigarh
He further said that Ek Onkar Builders and Contractors Pvt. Ltd. Ludhiana was formed on 16/12/2010 in which directors and shareholders were former JE Gurmesh Gill and Mohit Kumar, son of a retired employee and the accused Surinderpal Singh had allotted various construction works during his stint.
Investigations by Bureau have revealed that Ek Onkar Builders has completed various contract works with GMADA and Punjab Mandi Board and most of the payments deposited in its account were received from these authorities. However, large amount of cash withdrawn from this account was deposited in the accounts of above mentioned firms namely Access, Award and Auster and further enquiry in this case was under progress, he added. The detail of properties purchased by Ek Onkar Builders were as follows ;
Sr. No. Village Date Area
1 Vill. Chatoli Mohali 24.12.15 13 kanal 5 marle
2 Vill. Chatoli Mohali 15.12.15 71 kanal 5 marle
The spokesperson further informed that about 12 properties worth crores of rupees were also purchased by the accused in the name of his family members and relatives. The details of these properties were as follows ;
Sr. No. Village Date Area Owner
1 39, Defence Colony Ludhiana 03.04.01 175 seq yds Swarnjit Kaur Mother of Surinderpal Singh
2 SCF 18 Rajguru Nagar, Ludhiana 17.12.02 129.68 mtr Mandeep Kaur (wife)
3 Daad Ludhiana 29.01.03 2 kanal 4 marle (1300 Sq.yards) Mohinder Singh
4 SCF no. 24, BRS Nagar Ludhiana 21.05.03 181.5 x58.4 Sq. Yd. Mohinder Singh
5 Gobind Nagar Ludhiana 15.12.03 108.56 Sq. Yd. Mohinder Singh
6 Thrreke Ludhiana 18.06.04 5 kanal 16 marle Mohinder Singh
7 Daad Ludhiana 30.05.05 1 kanal 4 marle 700 Sq. yards Mohinder Singh
8 Jhande Ludhiana 14.09.05 1 acre 1 kanal 10 marle Mohinder Singh (transferred to Surinderpal Singh)
9 Rolla Patti Ludhiana 14.11.05 6 kanal 16 marle Mohinder Singh
10 Kambala Majri block, Mohali 28.02.12 9 kanal 10 marle Gurmesh Singh Gill
11 Warring Khera Mukatsar 133 kanal 4 marle Tehsil Malout Mandeep Kaur (Wife)
12 Warring Khera Mukatsar 68 kanal Tehsil Malout Mandeep Kaur (Wife)
