Reacting on the slapping of FIR against Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal’s close aide Gurdeep Singh and SAD MLA Jeet Mohinder Sidhu, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said that this has exposed the nexus between Sukhbir and Amrindar, as Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu was earlier a close confidant of Amarinder, before joining SAD.“Sukhbir Badal and Captain Amarinder Sindh stand exposed by the registration of FIR by CBI regarding multi-crore scam against Gurdeep Singh and Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu”, AAP MP Bhagwant Mann said alleging that Sidhu switched his loyalty towards SAD by resigning from Congress and getting re-elected from SAD under the ‘secret understanding’ between the two (Sukhbir & Amarinder).“As Captain Amarinder Singh wanted to destabilise the then PPCC Chief Pratap Singh Bajwa, he conspired resignation of his loyalist Jeet Mohinder Singh Singh for his joining SAD”, Mann claimed. “Switching over the loyalty of Sidhu was done in such a way that till now it remained a mystery for ‘Aam Aadmi’, who is curious to know why Sidhu resigned from Congress and joined SAD,” Mann said.Mann said that Gurdeep Singh is owner of Fastway Cable, better known as ‘Cable Mafia’ of Punjab running under the political patronage of Sukhbir Badal.
Gurdeep Singh is also known in the political circle, as key financer of Sukhbir Badal, who manages entire ‘political money laundering’ during elections at behest of his political boss (Sukhbir).It is pertinent to mention here that SAD MLA from Talwandi Sabo Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu and Fastway Transmission Pvt Ltd Managing Director Gurdeep Singh were among 18 persons booked today by the CBI in a multi-crore alleged scam in the functioning of International Customer Related Management Services (ICRMS) Pvt Ltd.Acting on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the CBI registered six FIRs under Section 120-B of the IPC read with Sections 212, 380, 406, 420, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 471, 472 and 474 of the IPC against all the 18 persons.The development followed an investigation into the alleged scam by a SIT involving officers of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) of Company Affairs under the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Enforcement Directorate (ED), the IT Department and the CBI.It was alleged that the Board of Directors of ICRMS (incorporated in 2001) and located at Mohali and Chandigarh were changed and shareholding patterns were altered by the accused on the basis of false and forged documents to defraud the funds and assets of the company.The alleged scam involved transfer of funds worth Rs 231 crore from the accounts of the company and several bigwigs, including top politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen of the region had held key positions in the firm.