Former PPSC chief gets 7 years in jail for corruption

Chandigarh, January 15

A Mohali court sentenced former Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) chairman Ravinderpal Singh to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 75 lakh in a corruption case on Monday.

The court found Singh, who also goes by the name Ravi Sidhu, guilty of having accepted bribes for appointing inspectors in the Excise and Taxation Department on January 11, but acquitted five other people who were also accused in the case.

Singh was accused of having sent Rs 1.36 crore through ‘hawala’ channels out of the country, forging a will, and having bank lockers under false names.

Punjab Vigilance Bureau booked Sidhu under 467, 468, 471 and 120-B sections of the Indian Penal Code as well as various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act on March 25, 2002.