Chandigarh, Oct 15 (Reporter) The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has registered a corruption case against Rajinder Singh, Superintending Engineer, (Now retired), Ranbir Singh, Executive Engineer (XEN) and Pankaj Garg, Deputy Controller Finance and Accounts (DCFA), posted in Municipal Corporation (MC) Ludhiana for misappropriation of funds amounting to Rs 3.17 Crore. In this case, Ranbir Singh has been arrested and would be produced in the court tomorrow. An official spokesperson of the state VB said this case has been registered against the accused after an investigation of a complaint lodged by Jaspinder Singh, Electric Pump Driver, posted at Zone C, MC Ludhiana. The complainant had alleged that Ranbir Singh, posted in operation and maintenance branch, had received Rs 3.17 Crore as advance payments from May 2021 to September 2022 from the MC accounts for making payments to the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd (PSPCL) for various tubewell works but it was misappropriated by the officers in connivance with each other. He further informed that during the enquiry the VB didn’t found any documents relating to any proposal or demand by the PSPCL to pay advances for the tubewell works in Ludhiana city as the funds obtained by the Ranbir Singh. The spokesperson added that as per the official procedure, a requisite proposal has to be made by the concerned JE or SDO and through proper channel, it was to be put up before the concerned XEN but no such process was adopted by the aforementioned accused. They usurped the government funds for their personal gains. In this regard, an FIR has been registered against all the aforementioned accused Rajinder Singh, SE, Ranbir Singh, and Pankaj Garg, DCFA at the VB police station Ludhiana Range. Efforts for the arrest of other accused are being made and the role of other suspected officers posted at that time in the MCL would also be examined during the investigation of this case, he added...////...