Punjab IAS officers under ED’s radar; around two dozen premises raided by enforcement agency
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ March 27,2024
As per available information, an an early morning action, ED teams raided the premises of two senior Punjab IAS officers’ premises at Mohali and Chandigarh.
As per reports, the enforcement agency has raided the premises of states senior IAS officers, excise and taxation commissioner Varun Roojam and deputy commissioner of Ferozepur Rajesh Dhiman.
Both officers are accused in famous ‘Gauva Compensation Scam” at Mohali.
The scam involves the embezzlement of around Rs 137 crore that was released as compensation for guava orchards on land acquired by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority. The Punjab Vigilance Bureau had already registered a case and is investigation the case. The bureau had already arrested many people, including beneficiaries and public servants, in relation to the scam.
As per reports, the ED has also raided other beneficiaries of the ‘Gauva Compensation Scam”
Varun Roojam is also under ED’s radar for implementing Delhi Excise policy in Punjab after AAP government formed in Punjab.
Vigilance had already arrested retired PCS Officer Jagdish Singh Johal, who was Land Acquisition Collector (LAC) of Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), had arrested Advocate Rohit Sharma, who is a son of Shiv Kumar, PCS ( Retd.) who got retired in February 2020 and has remained posted as LAC, GMADA in year 2015-16 in connection with multi-crore Guava trees compensation scam,
