Executive Body of the Punjab PCS Officers Association met over VC on 7th Jan
By Amrit Pal Sidhu Brar
January 07, 2023
The Executive Body of the Punjab PCS Officers Association met over VC on 7th Jan to deliberate on the issue of the arrest of RTA Ludhiana on 6th. A fact finding team of 5 officers was tasked for determining the issue surrounding the illegal arrest. Preliminary, the following concerns have come to light after the deliberations :-
1. While claiming it an Organised crime, bureau has refrained from disclosing the source of money and no individual or transporter has been named in the case. . Just to make it more sensational, these terms have been used recklessly to defame the officer, cadre and even the department.
2. Motive, demand and acceptance…nothing is established and the whole episode made to happen in undue haste and in an illogical manner.
3. The case is based on the statement of complainant Satnam Dhawan who has been a habitual complainant and having and an FIR (FIR No 0008 dt. 18.1.2021 at Sadar Khanna) registered against him for blackmail (to mention an evidence)
4. About the video that is being put out as a cogent evidence where a person allegedly in intoxicated state of mind, sitting in a tavern as per media reports is making some statements which are mere hearsays. It also seems more pre-mediated. Such a video can never be considered concrete evidence against the officer of Government.
5. Had the officer been involved in such acts , he would have never been cooperated in the investigation. He went to the office of vigilance in good faith to co-operate in certain vigilance case. It is too ungraceful and arbitrary to arrest such an officer without any prior notice or following a due procedure.
It is the same vigilance department which has conspired to implicate a PCS officer earlier two and half years ago in connivance with transport mafia and despite an electronic evidence to this conspiracy, neither any action was initiated against the delinquent vigilance officials nor even they were transferred from their present postings to say the least.
Association takes this step of the vigilance in furtherance to their earlier ill designs to defame PCS officers.
The association is aghast at the level of high handedness and overstepping of legal process by the Vigilance department and expressed deep concern at the state of affairs. It has been decided to meet again on 8th Jan to decide the further course of action against such chosen agenda to defame officers of a premier service.
