Chandigarh: Leader of Opposition Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a statement released here said that the way the government first set up the Narang Commission with tailor made “terms of reference” to suit the accused then keep the report under wraps for eight months only to table it on the last day of the budget session without any discussion possible for the next six months, has only vindicated our pointed allegations that the Narang Commission was a premeditated conspiracy by Capt. Amarinder Singh to give a clean chit to his blue eyed financier Rana Gurjeet.
Khaira lambasted Justice Narang for failing to trace the money trail that flowed into M/s Rajbir Enterprises the front entity of Rana Gurjeet to bag the sand mines of Saidpur Khurd and Mehdipur. Khaira said apart from money coming from companies owned by Rana Gurjeet directly into M/s Rajbir Enterprises, the most important was the Rs. 5 crore investment made by Rs. 1,000 crore irrigation “Thug” contractor Gurinder Singh who was armtwisted by Rana Gurjeet the then Irrigation Minister to pay him the said Rs. 5 crore bribe, if he wanted favours from him as his Minister.
Khaira said he had authentic information that after having received Rs. 5 crore bribe from Gurinder Singh, Rana Gurjeet has further been paid rs. 10 crore more for release of huge payments that were stopped by the Irrigation department after registration of corruption case by the VB on 19 April 2017. Khaira said on receiving Rs. 10 crore more in black money Rana Gurjeet ordered the release of huge payments to the companies of scamster contractor Gurinder Singh after the registration of corruption FIR against him, which amounts to defrauding the public exchequer.
Khaira also took to task Justice Narang for ignoring such a huge entry of Rs. 5 crore that was made from the account of Jatin Garg nephew of Tirloki Nath Singla the CA cum partner of Rana Gurjeet, into M/s Rajbir Enterprises. Khaira said Justice Narang has lowered the prestige of judiciary in the eyes of people for cheap personal financial benefit.
Khaira urged the Chief Minister to direct Justice Narang to refund all remunerations that he had enjoyed as the head of commission including salary, TA, DA, petrol expenses, office expenses, security expenditure etc., for cheating the government by giving a bogus clean chit report despite clinching evidence of benami transactions and money laundering against the corrupt Rana Gurjeet. Khaira said he was surprised that Justice Narang still enjoys government perks including 5 security personnel still deployed with him.
Khaira dared Capt. Amainder Singh to register a FIR against the tainted Rana Gurjeet without any further delay, as he is himself on record in the just concluded Vidhan Sabha that investigations into the Rs. 5 crore payment by Gurinder Singh to Rana Gurjeet is underway. Khaira said how could an investigation to trace one entry of Rs. 5 crore take one year since the infamous mining scam broke out in May last year.