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Chandigarh/ Mohali: Junior colleagues — working as ‘collection agents’ for bribes — would make calls demanding money on his behalf, collect the cash and then deposit it with jewellers as payment for gold bricks. This is how IAS officer Sanjay Popli, arrested in a case of graft, allegedly ran a “well-oiled corruption network” at the state’s Water and Sewage department, sources in the Punjab Vigilance Bureau told ThePrint. According to sources, the bribe money was stocked with the jeweller till it became equivalent to the price of a 1 kg gold brick or gold coins. The brick or coins were then sent to the officer’s home, the source said. Juniors in the department who worked for him and are now under probe, allegedly received only meagre amounts — between Rs 5,000 to 10,000 — for the job, claimed sources. Popli was Following Popli’s arrest, the Vigilance Bureau conducted raids at his residence on 22 and 25 June and claimed to have seized over 12 kg of gold, which included nine gold bricks — each weighing 1 kg — 49 gold biscuits, 12 gold coins, three silver bricks, 18 silver coins, Apple and Samsung phones, smart watches and Rs 3.5 lakh in cash. “In the first raid after Popli’s arrest, we found empty boxes of 1 kg gold bricks. It had the name of the jeweller from where they were purchased. While someone from the family may have hidden the gold bricks, they left behind the boxes, which we found. We later confronted Popli and got him with us for another ra...

Kartik Popli (27), son of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjay Popli who was arrested on corruption charges, died by suicide on Saturday, according to the police. The family of Mr. Kartik, who died in the presence of a team of Punjab Vigilance Bureau at their residence here, alleged that vigilance personnel were responsible for the incident. Four days after the arrest of Sanjay Popli in a corruption case, the Vigilance Bureau recovered over 12 kilogram (Kg) Gold, 3-kg silver among other items from the storeroom of his house at Sector 11 in Chandigarh. The 12-kg Gold includes 9 gold Bricks (each 1 kg), 49 gold biscuits and 12 gold coins, while 3 Kg silver includes 3 Silver bricks (each 1kg) and 18 silver coins (each 10 grams),” said an official statement. IAS officer Sanjay Popli was arrested on June 21, for allegedly demanding a 1% commission as a bribe of Rs 7 lakhs for clearance of tenders for laying of sewerage pipeline at Nawanshahr in Punjab. “Based on the statement of Sanjay Popli, the team of Vigilance Bureau conducted a raid at his residence and recovered the gold, silver and mobile phones concealed in the storeroom of his house,” it added. Senior Superintendent of Police (Chandigarh) Kuldeep Singh Chahal told reporters that we have started the investigation and after verification of the matter it has come to the fore that he (Mr. Kartik) has shot himself. He added that a licensed pistol was used in the incident. Sanjay Popli’s wife said alleged that ...

Sanjay Popli, an Indian Administrative Services (IAS) official who has been detained on suspicion of corruption, claimed on Saturday that the Vigilance Department murdered his son and that he was an eyewitness to the crime. "I am an eye-witness, they (police officials) are taking me....my son was shot by them," said Popli. "They killed my child after torturing him. They tortured my housekeeper to get information. The DSP and the entire vigilance department are being pressured by the chief minister. That is how they are murdering people, " claimed Kartik Popli's mother. Days prior to the incident, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau detained IAS official Popli and his accomplice on suspicion of corruption. Sanjay Popli's relative Anu Preet Kular claimed that the "Vigilance personnel murdered him." "When the vigilance team arrived at IAS Sanjay Popli's residence to conduct an investigation, they heard a gunshot. After checking, they discovered that his son had used his legal gun to shoot himself. He was taken to the hospital, " SSP Chahal said. The Vigilance Department of Punjab on Saturday recovered over 12 kg gold among other items from arrested Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjay Popli's house. "Four days after the arrest of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sanjay Popli in corruption case, the Vigilance Bureau on Saturday recovered over 12 Kg gold, 3 Kg silver, four Apple iPhones, one Samsung fold phone and two Samsung smartwatches from storeroom of his ...

Kartik Popli, the 27-year-old son of Punjab IAS officer Sanjay Popli, died of a gunshot wound in his head on Saturday, June 25. Sanjay Popli was arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau last week under allegations of corruption. Sanjay Popli had been taken for a four-day police remand. The vigilance team had reached Sanjay Popli's residence for another enquiry as his remand was coming to an end on Saturday. Chandigarh SSP Kuldeep Chahal said Saturday that the vigilance team reached Sanjay Popli's house for enquiry and heard a gunshot, news agency ANI reported. The team realised, after verification, that Kartik Popli had killed himself with his licensed gun, Chahal said. After this, he was shifted to the hospital, the UT SSP added. Chandigarh | Son of Punjab IAS officer allegedly shoots self Vigilance team reached here (IAS Sanjay Popli's house) for enquiry&heard a gunshot. After verification, they realized his son has shot himself with his licensed gun. He was shifted to hospital: UT SSP Kuldeep Chahal However, Kartik's family members have alleged foul play by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau. They have alleged that the vigilance team murdered him. Anu Preet Kular, a relative of Sanjay Popli, told news agency ANI that the vigilance team asked Sanjay Popli to sign on something, otherwise it will not be good for his son. She added that the team locked Sanjay Popli in a room and took his son upstairs. "We were standing downstairs and after some time we heard the sound of a gun. Vig...

Tribune News Service Mohali, August 19 The Vigilance Bureau (VB) has filed a chargesheet in a court against IAS officer The chargesheet against the duo has been filed under Sections 7 and 7 (a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The VB has filed a 20-page chargesheet and named 55 witnesses in the case. Popli and Vats were arrested in the graft case on June 20 for allegedly demanding bribe in exchange for clearing tenders to lay sewer pipes in Nawanshahr. Sanjay Kumar of Karnal, a government contractor with a firm, Dikhadala Cooperative Society Limited, in his complaint, said Popli, during his posting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board, in connivance with his assistant secretary, Vats, had allegedly demanded bribe to clear a tender for Rs 7.30 crore. On January 12, Vats demanded Rs 7 lakh (1 per cent of Rs 7-crore project) for tender allotment on behalf of Popli. “Scared, Kumar handed over Rs 3.5 lakh to Vats in a car at Sector 20,” the VB had said. Vats intimated Popli and kept Rs 50,000 from the total. Later, Kumar refused to pay the remaining Rs 3.5 lakh demanded by Vats. He made a video recording of the conversation and submitted it to the VB.

The whistle-blower in IAS officer Sanjay Popli graft case, 44-year old contractor Sanjay Kumar had used a pen camera to prepare video of his alleged conduit Sandeep Wats accepting Rs 3.5 lakh from him in a car in sector 20, Chandigarh, in January this year. Kumar, a resident of Karnal in Haryana, said that he was allotted a tender worth Rs 7.5 crore for laying sewerage system in Nawanshahar by Punjab Sewerage Board when Sanjay Popli was posted as CEO. Kumar said, “Soon after, I received a call on January 12 from assistant secretary, Sandeep Wats stating that the IAS officer was seeking his cut of 1 per cent. I immediately withdrew the money and we met him in a car. I used a pen camera and recorded him while accepting the bribe. In the video, Wats is also seen talking to Popli stating that he had received an amount of Rs 3.5 lakh and the rest would be given by me later.” He added that he did not think of complaining against the IAS officer then. “But when Wats still chased me, even after Popli was transferred out of Sewerage Board, I was harassed. When I observed that Punjab’s Vigilance Bureau had arrested many big-wigs for bribe, I decided to complain against them. I registered a complaint with the anti-corruption helpline. After that the VB officials got in touch with me and I have handed them the video. There are several audio recordings of the calls made to me by Wats also.” Kumar said he was harassed by the duo when he did not hand over the second instalment, “I receiv...

THE son of a Punjab IAS officer, Sanjay Popli, who is under arrest over corruption charges, died of gunshot injuries at his Chandigarh residence on Saturday afternoon even as a team was there to conduct searches in the case. Kartik Popli, 26, was a law graduate and preparing for the judicial service examination. Popli’s family accused Vigilance Bureau officials of shooting him, alleging they were being harassed by agency officials. Popli, who was brought by the Vigilance team for the search, told mediapersons at the Civil Hospital where he was taken for a medical check-up later that he was “eyewitness to the murder of my son”. Denying the claim, Punjab Vigilance team claims recovering nearly 12 kg gold and silver from arrested IAS officer Sanjay Popli’s residence in Chandigarh, including 9 gold bricks, 49 gold biscuits, 12 gold coins, 3 silver bricks, 18 silver coins, 4 iPhones and Rs. 3.5 lakh in cash — Express Punjab (@iepunjab) Vigilance Bureau Deputy Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar said at a press conference in the evening that they never entered the house but made their recoveries from a store in the yard, and had “left” by the time the incident happened. Kumar said the family appeared to be in “panic” as it was “a massive recovery”. “We feel extremely pained at this incident. We came to know of it after we had already returned from there. The allegations being levelled by the accused’s family are baseless.” Alleging that Bureau officials had been harassing her an...

June 28, 2022 | 10:45 pm 3 min read IAS officer Sanjay Popli was arrested on graft charges earlier this month. Indian Administrative Service ( Popli on Saturday alleged Punjab's Vigilance Bureau murdered his son, claiming he is an eyewitness to the incident. Popli was arrested last week for allegedly demanding a 1% commission to clear bills for laying a sewerage pipeline at Nawanshahr. Why does this story matter? Since the Aam Aadmi Party ( A believer in zero-corruption policy, Mann even acted against his Cabinet colleague Vijay Singla over alleged graft charges. Arrests of Popli and his accomplice Sandeep Wats are part of Mann's anti-graft crusade leading to a crackdown on government functionaries. Family claims Vigilance Bureau killed Kartik While the police said that Kartik died by suicide, his family alleged that he was murdered and died of gunshot wounds. Popli's wife claimed the Vigilance Bureau officers tortured Kartik and killed him. They also allegedly tortured their domestic help for evidence. She accused the Vigilance Bureau and DSP (Vigilance) Ajay Kumar of being under the pressure from the chief minister. Chandigarh Police says vigilance team heard gunshot Meanwhile, Kuldeep Chahal, SSP Later, the team realized the 27-year-old shot himself with Popli's licensed gun. The team had carried out a raid at Popli's house and seized gold and silver coins, cash, mobile phones, and other electronic gadgets. The team denied any involvement in Kartik's death. Gold, silver...