category Regional,, tags Regional,, DW BUREAU The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Thursday has arrested an absconding accused Sharnjit Singh, resident of village Chak Hakeem, Phagwara, now residing in village Bassi Baldad, in Hoshiarpur on charges of defrauding the Punjab Gramin Bank, Phagwara, by taking a loan of Rs. 25 lakh on the basis of forged documents. He was evading his arrest since three years and four months. Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the VB said in this regard a case on the basis of a Vigilance Enquiry, had already been registered under FIR No. 11, dated 31-08-2020 under sections 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of IPC. and under section 13 (1) (a) (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act at VB police station Jalandhar. He informed that the above said accused had got sanctioned this huge loan in connivance with bank manager Harbhajan Singh Kapoor and bank valuer Satish Kumar Sharma. He further informed that there are total 16 accused in the above said case, out of which six accused - Raj Kumar resident of Thatthiala Mohalla, Phagwara, Valuer Satish Kumar Sharma, Subhash Kumar resident of Mahindwani, District Hoshiarpur, Avtar Singh resident of Asha Park Colony, Phagwara, Pankaj resident of Mohalla Ratanpura, Phagwara, Rajesh Kumar resident of Mohalla Ratanpura, Phagwara and Satish Jha of Chak Hakim, Phagwara had already been arrested. The Bureau is on the lookout for the arrest of the remaining accused, who would be arrested soon, he said. (editor dailyworld.in)