Chandigarh: In yet another attempt to apprehend more key players in the Rs 68 crore funds diversion scam of HSVP, the enforcement agencies, namely the Haryana Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (HVACB) and the Directorate of Enforcement, have initiated proceedings against a former manager of a nationalised bank and a businessman from Panchkula.While the anti-corruption bureau has initiated proceedings for the issuance of a lookout circular against Kulvir Singh and the businessman Sanjeev Bindal, the ED has simultaneously moved the special PMLA court for the issuance of open-ended non-bailable warrants against the accused.Sources informed that the move against the two accused comes after it was established that they escaped to Canada after the registration of the case by the Haryana police last year. According to information, Sanjeev Bindal and Kulveer Singh facilitated the main accused, the former senior accounts officer (SAO) of HSVP, Sunil Bansal, and Ram Niwas Surjakhera, the former MLA, and opened a secret bank account in the Manimajra branch of Punjab National Bank to transfer the amount of Rs 69 crore. From there, the funds were transferred into personal accounts maintained in various branches of a private bank, and the accused are believed to have withdrawn cash from there to procure their assets.“We are working in close coordination with the ED to ensure that each and every penny of govt funds is recovered and those involved are punished by the law of the land. We are in the advanced stage of the LOC process,” said a senior official supervising the investigations in HVACB.In a related development, the PMLA court has also fixed Tuesday as the next date of hearing in an application moved by the defence counsel engaged by accused Sanjeev Bindal after the federal agency moved the application for open-ended warrants against him as well as Kulvir Singh.In another related development, the ACB has prepared a list of properties amassed and procured by Sunil Bansal, the main accused in the scam. The properties include residential bungalows in Panchkula, commercial space in the industrial area of Derabassi, and nearly a dozen residential flats in a newly carved-out multi-storey housing project in Derabassi.The cause of action dates back to March 2023 when the bureau registered the case into the alleged scam. Consequently, the ED also registered the enforcement complaint information report (ECIR) and arrested Sunil Bansal and Ram Niwas Surjakhera. Following this, the two agencies made six to eight more arrests.
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