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Gehlot assures to depute senior officer equivalent to Punjab CS to probe SC scholarship scam

Chandigarh, Sep 1 (UNI) The social justice and empowerment ministry will depute an officer of the rank of chief secretary or even senior to probe the SC scholarship scam and conduct an audit of Rs 1056 crore sent to the Punjab government for disbursement as scholarship to Dalit students.

Disclosing this after submitting a memorandum to Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot in Delhi, a delegation of senior SAD leaders and legislators said the Minister had given them this assurance after learning that the Punjab government had entrusted the inquiry into the scam to the State chief secretary.
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Notorious criminal detained under PSA in J&K's Samba

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