Vigilance Bureau Punjab on Wednesday evening arrestedformer DGP Punjab Sumedh Saini in a corruption case and in connection withanother FIR, the details of which have not been disclosed by the officials yet.
As per information, Sumedh Saini reached Bureau officearound 8pm saying he would cooperate with the investigating officers forfurther investigation in the corruption case charged against him.
However, the officials concerned after few hours of questioning, decided to arrest him.
Meanwhile, the legal process concerning his arrest his on. Furtherinformation will be shared Punjab Vigilance Bureau by tomorrow, sources said.
Earlieron August 7, the session court in Mohli denied bail to Saini. He had filed the bail plea through his counsels HS Dhanoya and APS Deol in thecourt of Parminder Singh Grewal, Additional Session Judge.
But on August 12, he was granted interim anticipatory bail by Justice Avneesh Jhingan after hearing detailed agrument on behalf of the petitioner and the state.
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Notably,Saini among 7 persons was booked by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau under Sections109, 120-B of the IPC and 13(1)(B) and 13 (2) of the PC Act recently. TheVigilance team had also raided Saini’s residence in Sector 20 here to arresthim and it continued searching his house for several hours.