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  • Will recover Rs 55 lakh spent on gangster Ansari from Captain Amarinder: Punjab CM

    Will recover Rs 55 lakh spent on gangster Ansari from Captain Amarinder: Punjab CM

    Chandigarh (IANS). Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday said the government will not pay Rs 55 lakh spent on the comfortable stay of dreaded criminal Mukhtar Ansari in state jails and will recover the money from former Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and former Deputy CM Sukhjinder Randhawa. .

    In a statement here, the chief minister said it was a serious crime against the state and its people and those involved would have to pay the price.

    He said that both Capt Amarinder Singh and Randhawa were well aware of the reasons which gave leniency to the notorious gangster to live comfortably in the jails of Punjab.

    Mann said why should the state waste taxpayers’ money like this. Those in power at that time had strong ties with Ansari.

    The Chief Minister said that this is open loot of public money, which cannot be tolerated. This notorious criminal was kept in Ropar Jail with complete comfort for reasons best known to the previous governments.

    Mann said that apart from ensuring a comfortable stay, the state government also ensured that the hardcore criminal does not face any kind of hardship inside the jail and avoid legal action against him.

    The Chief Minister said that it was surprising that the then government spent Rs 55 lakh of taxpayers’ money to protect the interests of this jailed criminal.

    He said that this dastardly loot of public money is completely unjustified and undesirable. This open loot of common man’s money cannot be tolerated at any cost.

    He said that Capt Amarinder Singh and Randhawa would have to pay this money from their own pocket, otherwise their pension and other benefits would be stopped to recover this money.

  • Drug peddlers will not be spared: Punjab CM

    Drug peddlers will not be spared: Punjab CM

    Chandigarh (IANS) | Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said that on the direction of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the state government would soon initiate action against those named in the report related to drug trade and those who ruin the youth through drugs would not be spared. In a statement issued here, the Chief Minister said that the drug trade, which flourished during the previous SAD-BJP and Congress regimes, had ruined the coming generations of the state.

    He said that the rich leaders of both these parties had patronized this illegal trade to make illegal money in connivance with bureaucrats and drug peddlers.

    Mann said that the perpetrators of this heinous crime will not be spared at any cost and will be put behind bars.

    The Chief Minister said that the inquiry report in this matter was hanging in the balance for a long time, as none of the previous governments was serious about taking action against the forces that ruined the future of Punjab.

    Mann said that once he has received the report from the High Court, strict action will be taken against the forces hostile to the state and its youth. He assured the Punjabis that exemplary action would be taken against those whose hands were stained with the blood of innumerable youths who fell prey to drugs.

    Significantly, this report was pending for five years and no action was taken by the previous Congress government, but the Chief Minister had given consent in the High Court on February 15 after assuming office.

    Mann had given his consent to bring in the public domain all the sealed reports presented before the Punjab and Haryana High Court which establish a nexus between police officers and drug traffickers.

    The report was submitted by a Special Investigation Team, which probed the matter in depth. This action paved the way for stern action against the strong nexus of officials-politicians and drug peddlers involved in this trade for a long time.

    –IANS