CHANDIGARH, May 16: A Sub-Divisional Magistrate namely Anupreet Kaur, a 2012-batch Punjab Civil Services officer posted in Punjab’s Gurdaspur has been arrested in connection with the Rs 1.63 crore embezzlement of funds linked to the land acquisition for a National Highway project in 2018-2019.
She was also holding the charge of the Municipal Council, Gurdaspur.
The embezzlement came to light when Kaur was posted as SDM, Patti in Tarn Taran in 2018. She had been booked for allegedly being involved in the transfer of Rs 1.63 crore of land compensation to the five ineligible persons for the National Highway-54 project.
More reports awaited.
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