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Chandigarh, Jul 28 (PTI) Punjab Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal Thursday submitted a probe report into the alleged land scam at a village in Amritsar to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
Dhaliwal said his department had constituted a three-member investigation team to probe the alleged scam at Bhagatpura village.
In a statement here, the minister said the land was sold to Alpha International City by the village panchayat.
He said after the formation of the AAP government, the alleged scam and many other violations in the land deal came to his knowledge, following which, he asked officials to look into the matter by constituting a three-member committee.
The report has now been handed over to CM Mann, the minister said.
Last month, Dhaliwal had said the three-member committee would probe the alleged scam of handing over prime panchayat land to a "coloniser" by former Congress minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa.
Dhaliwal had then accused Bajwa of illegally allowing the sale of the panchayat land even though the model code of conduct was in force.
Dhaliwal had said a letter for this permission was issued on March 11, a day after the 2022 state assembly election results were declared.
The AAP had won the elections.
Dhaliwal had also said the former minister had no right to grant permission at that time.
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