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Punjabi University ends bitter chapter in graft case
WSN Network

PATIALA:  In a getsure that may signal the end of certain bitterness on the campus among faculty members, the Punjabi University administration has denied prosecution sanction to State Vigilance Bureau to proceed against its previous Director Public Relations and Psychology Department Professor B.S. Sandhu.

A case was registered against Sandhu in the year 2007 when it was claimed that he was caught taking Rs 1 lakh bribe from promoters of a B.Ed college. Many at that time believed that the case was fake and a way of settling scores against the then V-C SS Boparai, considered close to the then CM Amarinder Singh. Now, incumbent V-C Dr Jaspal Singh said that he did not want any of his teachers to face prosecution without a justifiable reason. The Syndicate has backed his decision.

It is mandatory to procure prosecution sanction from the parent department of the accused before initiating trial.

The V-C, when contacted, said that he had studied in detail the case and preliminary investigation reports submitted by the Vigilance Bureau. "I did not find anything tangible in the report... so, I decided this case was not fit for prosecution," he added.

12 August 2009
 

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