Chandigarh, 20 May (H.S.): The Vigilance Bureau, Economic Offences Wing, Ludhiana, has arrested K.D. Chaudhary former Chief Managing Director, PSPCL, Sanjeev Prabhakar former Senior XEN, and Amit Garg Director, M/s Damini Resort and Builders Private Limited, Ludhiana.

A case has been registered against them in VB Economic Offence Wing Ludhiana following the conclusions of Vigilance Inquiry No. 05, dated 10.05.2021.

Disclosing this here today, an official spokesperson of Punjab Vigilance Bureau said that pertaining to the installation of 66 KV Basant Avenue Substation, the colonizer of Basant Avenue in collusion with the concerned field officers of PSPCL got the said 66 KV Substation installed in 1015 square yards in his colony.

He further informed that if at that time the higher authorities had instructed the field officers to verify the NOC of all the colonies of the colonizer and since the colonies are interconnected and located side by side, the entire electricity load would have been calculated together, then the entire cost of the 66 KV substation would have been borne by the colonizer.

In this regard, he said that the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Electricity regarding installation of substation were not followed.

The fact that the said 66 KV Basant Avenue substation has no paved road and is located in fields about 3 km away from Pakhowal Link Road was also not mentioned in the proposal or later in any office noting by the higher authorities of the power department and the Chief Managing Director, so even now the said 66 KV Basant Avenue substation is located in undeveloped colonies and fields.

Moreover he added that there is no paved road to reach it. The proposal sent by then XEN Sanjeev Prabhakar and other senior officers posted in the field at that time regarding 66 KVH Substation Basant Avenue was approved by the then Chief Managing Director K.D Chaudhary, ignoring the shortcomings and comments regarding the installation of the said substation. Due to which Basant Avenue Colony has been directly benefited. The case is being investigated by arresting the accused K.D Chaudhary, Sanjeev Prabhakar and Amit Garg.

Hindusthan Samachar / GURSHARAN SINGH