Ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lawmaker Amit Rattan Kotfatta become arrested from Punjab`s Patiala district on Thursday in a corruption case every week after his aide become stuck accepting ₹four lakh bribe, kingdom vigilance bureau officers stated. The officers noted their probe withinside the case and stated they’ve found “robust evidence” of the involvement of Kotfatta, who represents Bathinda (Rural) withinside the Punjab assembly, withinside the case.
“It is pretty clean that the aide [Rashim Garg] gathered the bribe on his behalf,” stated an official, who did now no longer need to be named. Kotfattta become taken to Bathinda after his arrest, in which he may be produced in court. He become to be taken to a medical institution for scientific exam as according to trendy protocol.
Kotfatta is the second one AAP legislator to be arrested for alleged involvement in corruption. In May closing year, Vijay Singla, who become then the fitness minister, become arrested for allegedly annoying a 1% fee for a tender. Bathinda resident Pritpal Kumar accused Kotfatta and Garg of annoying a bribe for liberating offers intended for the improvement works in Ghudda village.
Kumar submitted audio recordings of Kotfatta and Garg`s purported call for for money. His wife, Sunita Rani, is the village head of Ghudda. Vigilance bureau officers stuck Garg accepting ₹2,000 notes at a government-owned visitor house, in which Kotfatta become additionally present. Kotfatta become additionally puzzled then.
On February 16, Kotfatta published a video on his Facebook web page calling Garg`s arrest a conspiracy to malign the AAP government. in his complaint, Kumar stated Garg invited him to Kotfatta`s house in Bathinda in which they allegedly demanded 20% of the improvement price range for Ghudda.
Kumar delivered he recorded their conservation while Kotfatta requested him for ₹five lakh for the discharge of bills pending for the months and brief disbursal of price range for brand new improvement tasks worth ₹25 lakh. “Money become intended to be paid to companies whose offerings had been used for diverse improvement works. But the block improvement and panchayat officer of Sangat Rajneesh become now no longer liberating price range as he become looking for a bribe.”