Ex-Tripura chief secy arrested in PWD scam case

AGARTALA: Former Tripura chief secretary Yashpal Singh, a key accused in a multi-crore Public Works Department scam, was arrested from Ghaziabad on Monday by a joint task force which included officers from Uttar Pradesh and Tripura.
Additional director general (crime branch) Puneet Rastogi said “Singh was arrested today morning from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. He will be produced in court there.We can obtain his custody only after getting the court’s permission. The process is on.”
The Tripura Police had last year issued an arrest warrant against former PWD minister Badal Choudhury, former PWD engineer-in-chief Sunil Bhowmik and ex-chief secretary Yashpal Singh for their alleged involvemnt in a Rs 600-crore PWD scam. Chowdhury, who was a minister for four terms in the previous Left Front government, was arrested from Agartala on October 21, days after Bhowmik was taken into custody. Both were, however, released on bail as police failed to file a chargesheet against them.