Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance team is conducting raids in 6 states in search of BJP leader and former Finance Minister of Punjab Manpreet Badal. The team has reached Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan for raids.
In fact, on Tuesday itself, a court had issued an arrest warrant against Manpreet Singh Badal in the case of alleged irregularities in the purchase of a property in Bathinda district of Punjab.
Let us tell you that the court order has come after Punjab Vigilance Bureau issued a lookout circular against Manpreet Singh Badal. Vigilance suspects that Manpri may later leave the country and go abroad.
The petition filed by Manpreet Badal for anticipatory bail will be heard today. Let us tell you that the Vigilance team had started the investigation on the basis of the complaint made by former MLA Sarup Chand Singla in the year 2021.
The Vigilance team has been taking action for the last several months in the matter of purchasing a plot in Model Town. After the FIR was registered, the Vigilance team is busy searching for Manpreet Badal.
In this series, last Tuesday too, Vigilance officials had raided many different places including his residence. But no one was found there. Last Monday, a circular notice was issued against Manpreet Badal.