Vigilance Bureau arrests Excise officer Balbir Kumar Virdi's accomplice Bhagwant Bhushan Bawa in disproportionate assets case - Punjabi News

Published on: 30 Nov 2023 at 10:51 AM

Vigilance Bureau arrests Excise officer Balbir Kumar Virdi’s accomplice Bhagwant Bhushan Bawa in disproportionate assets case

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The Fact News Service

Chandigarh, November 30

The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) made a significant arrest of Bhagwant Bhushan alias Bawa, a resident of Krishna Nagar, Railway Road Jalandhar, who has been involved in a case of disproportionate assets registered against Balbir Kumar Virdi, Joint Director (GST), Excise Department Jalandhar, a resident of village Lamba Pind Jalandhar.

This case had been filed against Virdi, for amassing assets beyond his known sources of income while serving as a government official.

Disclosing this here today a VB spokesperson, said an investigation has revealed that during the check period from 01.04.2007 to 11.09.2020, Balbir Kumar Virdi declared an income of Rs. 2,08,84,863.37, but astonishingly he spent Rs. 5,12,51,688.37 during the same period.

This discrepancy shows an excess expenditure of Rs. 3,03,66,825, a startling 145.40 percent more than his actual income. Consequently, the VB has registered a corruption case against him for misusing his position and accumulating assets significantly surpassing his lawful income, under FIR No. 12 dated 16.05.2023, under sections 13(1)(b) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, at VB Range Jalandhar.

Furthermore, the investigation uncovered Bhagwant Bhushan’s role as a special partner in establishing ‘Jagdambey Lifestyle’ firm in Ludhiana, along with ‘Clean and Cool,’ firm Ludhiana owned by his wife, Kavita, and Balbir Kumar Virdi’s spouse, Surinder Kaur.